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Thompson, Kenneth T. Wang 9781305974050 Chapter 1-23
Complete Guide .


What is a research topic? - ANSWER: Something new (novelty), must contribute something to the field

In conducting research... - ANSWER: - Read previous research, reviews, books
- Talk to other professionals
- Relate to societal needs
- Interest, beliefs, values
- Applications or tests of theory
- Integration of different areas of research

What is a Research question? - ANSWER: Questions that explore the relationship among or between
constructs, can be measured

What is a Research hypothesis? - ANSWER: States the expected relationship between constructs

Descriptive questions - ANSWER: - What it's about, asks what some phenomena or events are like
- Describes the variables of interest with questions such as how much, how often, what percentage,
what is, etc.
- Ex. Types of events that trigger counselors

Difference questions - ANSWER: - Ask if there are differences between groups of people or within
individual participants
- Compare/constrast
- Ex. Pre and post COVID

Relationship questions - ANSWER: - Examine how two or more constructs are associated with each
other
- Predictors, related, associated, correlations

Operational definitions - ANSWER: - Concrete definitions so that constructs/variables/concepts can be
empirically tested
- Specifying the activities or operations necessary to measure construct in the experiment

Independent variable - ANSWER: - Manipulated variable
- Causal implications
- Known as predictor variable in non-experimental studies

Dependent variable - ANSWER: - Observed/measured variable
- Causal implications
- Known as criterion variable in non-experimental studies

Error variance - ANSWER: The amount of variability among the scores caused by chance or
uncontrolled variables

Confounding variable - ANSWER: A factor other than the independent variable that might produce an
effect in an experiment

, Why do we need science? - ANSWER: To extend our knowledge about human nature and evaluate our
services
- Promoting welfare or harming clients?
- Are our interventions effective?

4 ways of knowing - ANSWER: 1. Method of Tenacity
2. Method of Authority
3. Method of Intuition
4. Scientific Method
5. One's own direct experiences in the world

Method of Tenacity - ANSWER: Whatever you believe is true

Method of Authority - ANSWER: True because of higher authority (human or higher power), "because
I said so"

Method of Intuition - ANSWER: A sense or feeling

What is the Scientific Method? - ANSWER: - Knowledge is empirically based and verifiable, reduce bias
and develop credibility

Positivism - ANSWER: - Way of knowing that's very concrete, closely related to scientific method for
physical sciences
- Truth is knowable, clear, verifiable, objective
- correct/incorrect answers
- Ex. Math, biology, chemistry, etc.

Constructivism - ANSWER: - No "real" reality or absolute truth, ideas about the world are constructed
by individuals' meaning/perspective
- Perceptions are reality

Post-positivism - ANSWER: - Same as positivism, belief in a "real" reality
- Probabilistic statements rather than absolute statements about truth
- For Social sciences Ex. Psych, social work, counseling, etc.

Critical theory - ANSWER: - Social constructions are shaped by social, political, cultural, historical, and
economic forces (that have often been created and embedded in society by people in positions of
power)
- Activism, empowerment

Qualitative - ANSWER: - "language data"
- naturalistic and interpretive approach
- interviews, observation, artifacts
- Rich descriptions of data to make interpretations of meaning

Quantitative - ANSWER: - "numbers data"
- broad picture of the relationship between constructs assessed through numbers
- Aligned with post-positivism

The Bubble Hypothesis - ANSWER: Every piece of research and every research design is flawed
(strengths/weaknesses of every design)

Research Design - ANSWER: The tool of the researcher to develop a plan or a structure so that the
research is:
- Describes a phenomenon or identify relationships between constructs
- While ruling out as many plausible rival hypotheses or explanations (error, bias, distortion)

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