Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Class Reflection (627) - Sept. 4

Research Methods (II) - Overview of Methodology

* Subfield-organized vs. Phenomenon-organized system: interdisciplinary areas, specialization by different means vs. unification; collaboration;

* Research study introduction, Q & A;
- Peripheral variables: inclusion vs. ignorign
- Full mediation vs. Partial mediation
- Sample bias

- Limitation of the study
- Assumptions
- Contextualism & Influence ~ intervention

* Lit Review to NOT re-invent the wheel (the re-cycling of research topics over years)

??? The book on survey research design from head to toe :O)

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