Read the summary and the most important questions on research

• Introduction to research

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• What do you call the unit you are referring to in a research question?

  Unit of analysis

• What do you call the object in the research question where you want to say or prove something about?

  Constructs

• "What causes obesity in children younger than 8 years?" has what type of research goal?

  Exploratory

• What do you call all units of analysis as one?

  Population

• "How many children suffer from obesity?" has what type of research goal?

  Descriptive

• What is the correct order of doing desk research? (6 steps)

  1. Prior knowledge
     
  2. define
  3. search
  4. select and assess
  5. progress
  6. present

• Deskresearch

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• What steps should one take in operationalizing constructs?

  1. Define
     
  2. determine subdimensions
  3. search for indicators

• research methods 1

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• What steps do you need to go through in formulating a research objective?

  1. Identify the key contributors
     
  2. gaining more insight into the issue
  3. developing a better understanding
  4. contributing to understanding causes

• What is the goal of an experiment in quantitative research?

  Checking whether changing independent variables leads to a change of dependent variables.

• research methods 2

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• What is the goal of asking a open ended question?

  Elaborate information gathering/ hearing a story (always question words in the sentence)