Research Methods Bluffton的研究方法布拉夫顿.pptVIP

Research Methods Approaches to studying human behavior using the scientific method (systematic, empirical observation) During this presentation, you will be asked some questions…. Make sure you stop to reflect on the answers to these questions before going on to the next slide. Review the PowerPoint presentation, pages in the text, or talk to classmates to find the answers to questions that you aren’t sure of. Bring any REMAINING questions (for which you don’t have answers) to our next class. In this PowerPoint presentation, we’re going to be looking at five methods of empirical research The type of question in which you’re interested might influence which of the research methods you would be more likely to use. Choose one of the following questions about people: Do women get more emotional than men when they do poorly on an exam? How do people choose where and with whom to sit in Marbeck Commons? What is it like to be an international student at Bluffton University? Do students participate more in morning or in afternoon classes? What sorts of food items would students be most interested in having Marbeck serve? The five research methods we’ll be looking at are…. Naturalistic observation Case studies Surveys Interviews Quasi-experiment Controlled experiments A couple of comments before we get started This presentation reviews expands upon the reading from your text (Module 2). You should read those pages either before or along with this PowerPoint presentation These five methods sometimes overlap, and there are not clean distinctions between them. Also, sometimes researchers use some combination of these approaches. Still the categories can help you to recognize different general approaches to gathering empirical data. Naturalistic Observation Systematically observing people in their natural environment, e.g., in a classroom, in their living rooms, on a street corner, in a shopping mall, etc. Though we all observe people, naturalistic observation can be m