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EDU 5900 AB. RAHIM BAKAR Categories of research Which category of research to choose? Nature of questions or problems being studied not preference for methods (some suitable for quantitative and some suiable for qualitative) Suggestions: may use both to verify he findings of the other; as a groundwork for the other; explore different aspects of the same research questions Experimental research The most rigorous Actually establish differen treatment and study the effect Result clear cut interpretation Example: a history teacher may want to know how can he teach important concepts to his students? He may compare two different approaches to teaching history Correlational research To establish relationship between two or more variables Concurrent correlational studies Relationship is drawn from the same point in study. Example: relationship between …. Predictive correlational studies Using one characteristics to predict the other. Example: use SPM grade to predict CGPA Ex post facto Also known as causal-comparative study To determine the cause of the difference between two group of people when experimental research is not possible Example to determine if family structure (single-two parent family) cause poor performance in education Survey research Purpose to explore and describe Do not investigate relationship Large sample Slice of time Developmental study Trend study Cohort study Panel study Data are gathered at several points in time Case study Involve small sample Purpose similar to survey and trend studies More depth Direct observation or interviews Single subject, a club, a school, a teenage gang Also known as a type of qualititative research Qualitative Questions that educational researchers ask Basic and Applied Research TYPICAL STAGES IN RESEARCH Select a problem Review literature Design the research Collect data Analyse data Interprate the findings Report results * * Research Methods in Education Why Study Educational Research? To learn how to