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Research Methods - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Subjective Experiences, beliefs, concept
        Gain in-depth knowledge of a specific context or culture, Appreciating Diversity – Looking for patterns, Reliabilit
        Inductive, (often iterative a
        Small samples
        Deeper understanding
        Open-ended questions, emerging approaches, text
        or image data
  - - - Examining specific behaviours which can be measured
        Deductive - Test effectiveness or relevance
        Large Samples
        Closed-ended questions, predetermined
        Accounting for Biases (Reliability) - Participant Bias, Researcher error, Researcher Bias
- - - - Costs – Saves time and money
        Large samples / populations
        Availability of data
        Basis for preliminary analysis
        Lack of familiarity with the data collection process
      - Induction
        Deduction
        Abductive
        Iterative
- - - - Discreet
        
        Whole numbers that can't be broken down, such as a number of items
      - Continuous
        
        Numbers that can be broken down such as height or weight
        
        Interval
        
        Numbers with known differences between variables such as time
        
        Ratio
        
        Numbers that have measurable intervals where differnces can be determined
  - - - Nominal
        
        Data used for naming variables such as hair color
      - Ordinal
        
        Data used to describe the order of values such as 1= happy, 2=neutral, 3=unhappy