#mixed method

book to read - Research in education - Cohen 6th ed

another good read - J Crotty

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Missed the session - must catch up

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Deductive -- Quantitive 

Theory to formulate a hypothesis - falsify vs un falsify

inductive -- Qualitative., observation

multi method -- mixture --> where both deductive and inductive inform each other.

Deductive Inductive

<-- Lab experiments -- quasi -- surveys -- action research -- ethnology -->

Goals of research 

Exploratory 

descriptive

Explanatory

Confirmatory

NULL HYPOTHESIS - No difference between each set (very popular within research)

Unfalisified -> 

A research process 

topic selection -> literature review -> develop aims/objectives ->plan programme of research -> collect, analyse and present -> interpret/evaluate -> draw conclusion -> communicate/disseminate ->reflect -> begin again.

Using the Likert scale you can turn qualitative data into quantitive.

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Deductive research

Process must be repeatable with the same outcome. At least 3 times.

method must be objective

quantitive method

Design a fair test : Change one thing and then Identify what happens. 

Quasi experimental tests:

Surveys:

situations where not all variables cant be controlled.

surveys may be scientific ie. ecology

look to sample a representative proportion of the whole population. ie male/female ratio kept true for the sample group. 

Management based surveys are typically through questionnaire.

Always pilot a questionnaire; sometimes people missinterpret the questions you pose.