URBS 260 Final Review Exam Questions
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What are the different types of Research Design Models? - ✔✔A
framework for the collection and analysis of data that will be used to
answer the research questions. Different types depend on the research
question being asked. These different types include:
Experimental: Involves quantitative comparisons between experimental and
control groups on the dependent variable. Not used in qualitative research.
Cross-sectional: Research conducted at a single point in time; content
analysis of a sample/set of documents relating to a single period is another.
Longitudinal: Research conducted on more than one occasion over a
period of time. Opposite of cross-sectional. Includes ethnographic research
when qualitative.
Case Study: Survey research/qualitative interviewing on a single case.
(Person, Place, event, etc.)
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, How is Quantitative and Qualitative research different? - ✔✔Quantitative:
Use numbers and stats in the collection and analysis of data. Mainly
deductive; testing a theory.
Qualitative: Use mainly words and other non-numerical symbols in the
collection and analysis of data. Mainly inductive; generation of theory.
What is the difference between a constructivist and positivist approach to
research? - ✔✔Constructivist: Belief that social phenomenon and their
meanings are continually being created by social actors. (Open minded)
Positivist: Belief that social phenomena must be backed by fact, science,
and reason to be accepted as reality. Advocates using methods in the
natural sciences in the study of social reality. (Close minded)
Define ontology - ✔✔What is knowing? Studies concepts that relate to
existence, reality, and state of being.
What is grounded theory? - ✔✔Collecting data before generating a theory
in order to generate a theory. Used in qualitative data. Also known as
inductive.
What is a classic experimental setup? - ✔✔Subjects are randomly split into
two groups. One group is the experimental group and the other is the
control group used to compare to the experimental group. Experimental
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What are the different types of Research Design Models? - ✔✔A
framework for the collection and analysis of data that will be used to
answer the research questions. Different types depend on the research
question being asked. These different types include:
Experimental: Involves quantitative comparisons between experimental and
control groups on the dependent variable. Not used in qualitative research.
Cross-sectional: Research conducted at a single point in time; content
analysis of a sample/set of documents relating to a single period is another.
Longitudinal: Research conducted on more than one occasion over a
period of time. Opposite of cross-sectional. Includes ethnographic research
when qualitative.
Case Study: Survey research/qualitative interviewing on a single case.
(Person, Place, event, etc.)
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, How is Quantitative and Qualitative research different? - ✔✔Quantitative:
Use numbers and stats in the collection and analysis of data. Mainly
deductive; testing a theory.
Qualitative: Use mainly words and other non-numerical symbols in the
collection and analysis of data. Mainly inductive; generation of theory.
What is the difference between a constructivist and positivist approach to
research? - ✔✔Constructivist: Belief that social phenomenon and their
meanings are continually being created by social actors. (Open minded)
Positivist: Belief that social phenomena must be backed by fact, science,
and reason to be accepted as reality. Advocates using methods in the
natural sciences in the study of social reality. (Close minded)
Define ontology - ✔✔What is knowing? Studies concepts that relate to
existence, reality, and state of being.
What is grounded theory? - ✔✔Collecting data before generating a theory
in order to generate a theory. Used in qualitative data. Also known as
inductive.
What is a classic experimental setup? - ✔✔Subjects are randomly split into
two groups. One group is the experimental group and the other is the
control group used to compare to the experimental group. Experimental
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