ABA 624 Week 4 Discussion Post

How can surveys be used to address descriptive and/or causal research questions? What are some of the advantages to using surveys to collect data? What are some of the disadvantages?

Provide an illustration on how Bayesian analysis is used.

Using age as the quantitative variable and marital status (married/not married) as the categorical. Develop two research questions.

Describe how we can enhance the potential validity (internal and external) of a qualitative research project while: (a) creating a research design, (b) analyzing your data, and (c) writing up your findings.

How might the absence of data screening affect a researcher’s data quality, their interpretations of the data, and thereby their interpretations of their study’s findings?

The variable personal desire for aggressive treatment is?

What is the difference between a dependent variable and an independent variable in a research study? Provide an example of each variable in a psychological research study.

A researcher wishes to examine the physical health, including if they have been diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure, of family caregivers. The researcher also wants to examine the caregivers lived experiences. What kind of data should the researchers collect from their study participants?     Quantitative   Qualitative   Both quantitative and qualitative   Qualitative or quantitative

Can you Identify the explanatory variable and the response for this relationship, if possible?

How do you know which test/procedure to use given a particular research design or study? What matters and how? Why?

give a comprehensive comparison and contrasting about experimental and non experimental research

2. What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative data analysis?

how is the statment a good example of why qualitative methodologie is more valuable in advancing cross-cultural research? I think qualitative methodologies are very valuable in advancing cross-cultural research. Qualitative methodologies are used in cross-cultural research by cultural anthropologist for what are called ethnographies. Ethnographies involve observation and field-work within the cultural context and require descriptive qualitative analysis. Some of the advantages of studies involving two or three countries compared to studies that involve ten or more countries are a more concentrated and have a smaller study group. Another advantage is being able to report various cultural variables as it relates to the study and qualitative data. A few disadvantages of studies involving two or three countries compared to involving ten or more countries are the potential for inaccurate results if it does not include the entire population. Another disadvantage of three countries in a study…

Explain the difference between an observational study and an experiment. Give the description of a real-word example of each of these types of studies. Explain the purpose of blinding (single or double) in experimental studies using an example.