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Goals of research Exploratory: new topic Descriptive: gathering information Explanatory: explain patterns, answer why Evaluation: assess outcomes Types.

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1 Goals of research Exploratory: new topic Descriptive: gathering information Explanatory: explain patterns, answer why Evaluation: assess outcomes Types of research: Basic, Applied, Evaluation

2 Research Designs Experimental designs Quantitative designs Qualitative designs Mixed method designs

3 Experimental Design Control group and experimental group Random assignment Pre-test and post-test

4 Quantitative Methods Quantitative methods: Analysis is primarily numeric/statistical Self-administered surveys (mail/computer) Structured interview (telephone/in-person) Secondary data analysis

5 Qualitative Methods Qualitative methods: Analysis is interpretive Ethnography/field work Participant observation Unstructured/semi-structured interviews Life histories/oral histories Focus groups

6 Choosing the right method Generalizability Sensitivity of topic Previous knowledge of categories Goals of research (exploratory, descriptive, explanatory, evaluation) Resources and timeline

7 Time dimension Cross-sectional Longitudinal –Panel –Cohort –Trend

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