A presentation at Heritage University at CBC Week 11 in in Pasco, WA 99301, USA by Jacob Campbell
Location: CBC Campus - Tuesday T-336 & SWL-220
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-8:15
Week 11: 10/28/19 — 11/03/19
Reading Assignment: DeCarlo (2018) chapter eight
Topic and Content Area: Research Questions
Assignments Due: Assignment 10: research question is due Friday 11/01/19 at 11:55 PM via My Heritage; Assignment 02: reading quiz for chapter eight is due at 5:30 PM prior to class via My Heritage
Other Important Information: N/A
Write a high-quality research question for your proposal. Check it with a peer to get feedback.
Share your research questions in your group Do they meet the criteria for a good research question Do they have… An independent variable A dependent variable A target population Do they contain any “watch words”… IV watch words: factors, causes DV watch words: effects, outcomes, effective, useful, efficient Etc., so forth,
Nomothetic Questions
What is true for everyone Theory-testing Deductive reasoning Generalizability Prediction Quantitative Independent and dependent variables. Clear causality Doesn’t change during a study
Idiographic questions What is true for a group of people, in one time and place Theory-building Inductive reasoning Understanding Qualitative Many variables, complicated connections. Open to change during a study
Watch video
After watching the video…
What do you notice about this kind of research?
Discussion and follow up from annotated bibliography
This presentation is focused on developing research questions.