PPT-RESEARCH METHODS NOTES

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Page 10 of 138 Page 10 of 138 RESEARCH METHODS NOTES BSU 305 RESEARCH METHODS Page . Patrick Rosenkranz, Amy Fielden, Efstathia Tzemou. Outline. The need for a new approach to teaching PSY 2011 . Our approach. Evaluation of the new PSY 2011. Psychology Research Training. In the UK this usually: . www.educationforum.co.uk. . Positivism. Positivists see sociology as a science. They seek to discover the objective social laws which cause patterns in social behaviour. Seek to establish correlations and causes. Dr. Andrea . Abbas. . aabbas@lincoln.ac.uk. Dr Julian . Beckton. jbeckton@lincoln.ac.uk. Aims of Session. To consider what counts as acceptable qualitative and quantitative research in different disciplines (similarities and differences) and reflect on how you currently position yourselves. Jenny Hopkins – Group Marketing Manager. jennifer.hopkins@sagepub.co.uk. What are Research Methods? . Rigorous and systematic tools used to design a research project. Students and research. Undergraduate: . Epistemologies & . Data Sources. 1. IS8004 . – Seminar 10. Did You Read . this . Article??!!. 2. Davison, R.M. and Martinsons, M.G. . Methodological Practice and Policy for Organisationally and Socially Relevant IS Research: An Inclusive-Exclusive Perspective, . Leveraging Technology to Advance Organizational Research. PDW Sponsored by the . Research Methods Division. "Today, the dominant mass of social science research is based upon interviews and questionnaires. We lament this overdependence upon a single, fallible method. Interviews and questionnaires intrude as a foreign element into the social setting they would describe, they create as well as measure attitudes, they elicit atypical roles and responses, they are limited to those who are accessible and will cooperate, and the responses obtained are produced in part by dimensions of individual differences irrelevant to the topic at hand." . Patrick Rosenkranz, Amy Fielden, Efstathia Tzemou. Outline. The need for a new approach to teaching PSY 2011 . Our approach. Evaluation of the new PSY 2011. Psychology Research Training. In the UK this usually: . Dr. Surej P John. Main Topics . C. onceptual Framework. Hypothesis development. Descriptive research methods. Survey. Observation. The Theoretical/Conceptual Framework. The primary purpose of the conceptual framework is to lead to . Victoria Ng. Background . Education. Current Position. Applied psychometrician working in the private sector. Data Collections & Psychometrics department. What value has graduate studies provided? . Jenny Hopkins – Group Marketing Manager. jennifer.hopkins@sagepub.co.uk. What are Research Methods? . Rigorous and systematic tools used to design a research project. Students and research. Undergraduate: . Ethnography. ethno-. graphy. ethno = people . graphy. = writing. ethnography = writing about people. Defining ethnography. . . Objectives. To . identify the advantages and disadvantages of employing multiple research methods;. To consider those factors that influence the choice of research method and sequence of the multiple methods;. Stanley Pogrow. stanpogrow@att.net. Professor of Educational Leadership and Equity at San Francisco State University, Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, and visiting endowed chairs at USC and Seattle University. . Advanced Methods Webinars: Integrating Mixed Methods in Health Services and Delivery System Research Presenters: Benjamin Crabtree, PhD Michael K. Magill, MD Debra L. Scammon, PhD Andrada Tomoaia-Cotisel, MHA, PhD(c)