KNOWLEDGE CLAIM:  Postpositivism (reductionism), understanding the variables (characteristics) that can explain cause and effect relationships

STRATEGIES OF INQUIRY:

• Focussed observation (organized and measures clearly defined variables)
• Sample Surveys (gain information about a large group--a population--by examining only a part of the population--a sample with minimal disturbance of the group)
• True experiments and quasi-experiments (deliberate interventions designed to see if behavior can be changes--impose a treatment and measure the response
• Correlational studies
• Factor Analysis

• percentages
• correlations
• means, medians, modes
• standard deviations
• inferential statistics

 

 
 



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