Research Basics
The Research Steps
The Research Steps
The Data Collection
Simply put, your research question will dictate the method by which you gather your data. In the social sciences, we have numerous strategies and techniques to analyze our observations and it is ultimately the researcher’s choice to select the method that will best provide an answer to their research question.
Quantitative Methods
- Experimental Research
[
,"Experimental Design"
Professor Bruno Breitmeyer]
- Survey Research
[,"Using Surveys"
Professor Jim Query]
- Existing Statistics and Secondary Analysis
Qualitative Methods
- Field Research (also called Ethnography or Participant Observation)
[,"Participant Observation"
Professor Janis Hutchinson]
[,"Participatory Research"
Professor Jerome Crowder]
- Qualitative Interviews
[,"Life History Interviews"
Professor Alice Cepeda]
[,"Using Informal Interviews"
Professor Tatcho Mindiola]
- Culture Studies (media or document analysis)
- Visual Methods (still or moving images)
[,"Why the Camera"
Professor Jerome Crowder]
[,"Being a Visual Ethnographer"
Professor Jerome Crowder]
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