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Sarah Sinks
Quantitative Research:
Systematic scientific investigation of data and their relationships.
Correlational Research
To find if the data has an observable relationship that can be further specified in terms of magnitude and/or an increase or decrease.
Ex post facto
from what is done afterwards
Studies that investigate possible cause and effect relationships by observing an existing condition or state of affairs and searching back in time for plausible causal factors.
Experimental
Research in which the investigator deliberately controls and manipulates the independent variable to observe the effect of that change on another the dependent variable.
Useful Terms
Correlation- Indicates the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two random variables. Ex post facto- from the Latin for "from something done afterward" Quasi- the prefix 'quasi' denotes methods that are "almost" or "socially approximate" Variable- a measurable factor, characteristic, or attribute of an individual or a system
References
Research Methods in Education 5th Edition, Louis Cohen, Lawrence, Manion and Keith Morrison 2004, New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, 4/10/2007