Research Methods And Descriptive Statistics (202001402)
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Samenvatting Research Meth and Descriptive Statistics
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Module
Research Methods And Descriptive Statistics (202001402)
Institution
Universiteit Twente (UT)
Book
The Practice of Social Research
Alle key-points die de student moet weten voor het tentamen Research Meth and Descriptive Statistics (premaster, ook voor bachelor studenten interessant) worden behandeld.
50 Pagina's puur statistisch plezier. Zelfs ik heb dit vak gehaald, dus met deze samenvatting moet het jou ook wel lukken!!
Research question
• A question to gather knowledge / answers → different ways of finding answers
• Practical problems, political
problems, social problems
o Problem & need analysis,
find & design options, ex
ante evaluation or options,
choice, implementation, ex
post choice evaluation →
all practical problems can
be asked
• Theoretical questions, puzzles,
existing research
o Question, theory,
research & design, data
collection, data analysis,
answers/knowledge
Design and (cycle of) decision-making
• Circle when asking practical, political, and social problems.
Problem & need analysis
• First step when asking a question:
o How big is the problem?
o What are its causes and consequences?
Ex ante evaluation
• Third step when asking a question:
o Can we expect an option to work?
Process evaluation
• Fifth step when asking a question:
o Did we do as planned?
Ex post evaluation (effect / impact research)
• Sixth step when asking a question (outcome evaluation)
o Did the selected option have the expected outcome?
Wheel of science / empirical cycle
• The theory and research cycle, which can me compared
to a relay race; although all participants do not
necessarily start or trop at the same point; they all share
a common goal – to examine all levels of social life:
Deduction
• The logical model in which specific expectations of hypotheses are developed on the basis of
general principles. Starting from the general principle that all deans are meanies, you might
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