Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Experiments, Controlled observations, Surveys, Longitudinal studies, Polls
  - - - Objective analysis
      - Easy to analyze
      - Conclusions are generalizable
    - - Large number of participants needed
      - Confirmation bias
      - 2 Dimensional data
  - - - Provide an overview of your data and include averages and variability measurements.
    - - Inferential statistics may be used to draw inferences and make predictions.
- - - - Interviews, case studies, expert opinions, focus groups, open-ended survey questions, observational research
  - - - More meaningful feedback
      - Data collection requires less resources
      - Data is inferential
    - - Smaller respondent pool
      - Research is skill dependent
      - Analysis is time consuming
  - - - Rather than gathering data from a sample, attempt to find patterns and trends within that data collection.
    - - Researcher would start with an initial hypothesis or expectation for the data set. The data they collect is then utilized to either verify or reject their hypotheses.
- - - - Problem-focused, context-specific and future-oriented
      - Involved in change
        intervention
      - Involved with individuals as
        members of social groups
    - - There is a lack of reproducibility and rigour.
      - Difficulties differentiating between action and research and ensuring that both are used
      - Delays in completing action research for a variety of reasons are relatively uncommon.