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based on observations
used in everyday living
ex: teacher sees students becoming restless and assumes they are bored |
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| establishes the need for the study |
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| statement indicating what results are expected |
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1. decide whether to observe an entire population or just a sample
-with samples, want to be unbiased |
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| select among available instruments such as objective tests, interviews, and direct observation of behavior, with an eye to selecting the most valid instrument(s) |
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| when to use instruments to obtain the most valid results |
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| can be numbers that are analyzed statistically or can be qualitative data |
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| treatments given for the research purpose |
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| no association between variables |
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| an association exists between variables; can be directional or non-directional |
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| According to the topic, are samples often observed? |
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| The results from which type of research (qual. or quant.) are NOT reduced to numbers? |
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| If a researcher asked students for their opinions on switching from the semester system to the quarter system, would the researcher by conducting "experimental research" or "non-experimental" research? |
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