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tells us the relative contribution or connection of the independent variables to
the dependent variable
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Summarize findings with 2 broad goals: 1. Describe or
explain the phenomenon of interest and 2. Predict
Report section
aspects related to that phenomenon Describe and
explain things
-approach knowledge development with an
expectation of increasing understanding to inform
qualitative studies
practice, their results use data analysis methods to
provide description and explanation.
, predict as well as describe and explain because the
quantitative studies assumption behind the is that there is generalized
objectivity
aims to describe and explain but also to allow us to infer
Data Analysis what would happen with other similar groups based on
what was found in the present study
reasoning that goes into the process of drawing
conclusions based on evidence and is common in
Inference
research work. It refers to statically procedures used in
most quantitative studies
Inferential statistics what statistical procedures are called
aspect of the phenomenon of interest or research
problem that differs among people or situations.
Variable
Research aims to understand, explain, or predict those
differences or variations
determined by or depends on other variables in the
dependent variable
study. IT is the outcome variable of interest
those variables in a study that are used to explain or
predict the outcome of interest. That is the dependent
independent variable
variable. Also called predictor variables because they
are used to predict the dependent variables
analysis of data at a given point that focuses on only
univariate
one variable
analysis of two variables
bivariate
looking for relationships
multivariate analysis of more than 2 factors
create some kind of order so that meaning can be
found
Qualitative studies -requires understanding, digesting, synthesizing,
conceptualization, reconceptulaization, description, of
feeling, behaviors, experiences, or ideas
orderly combination of categories carefully defines so
categorization scheme
that no overlap occurs
breaking down and labeling large amounts of data to
coding
identify the category to which they belong
theme an idea or concept that is recurrent thought the data