RSC1b Key Concept Glossary 15:00 group by https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500 Let's build our glossary of key concepts. Share here! en-us 2022-01-28 09:20:53 UTC 2026-01-13 04:11:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d1.png https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017948249 An independent variable is a quantitate research method ]]> 2022-01-28 14:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017948249 Can be via online, hard copy. A set of questions. https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017949056 2022-01-28 14:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017949056 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017949179 a variable that is changed/ swapped out]]> 2022-01-28 14:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017949179 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950103 The group of Individuals that are used to conduct a study ]]> 2022-01-28 14:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950103 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950294 How ethical is this? Is this valid in contemporary society? What are the findings? Does the research meet its objectives?]]> 2022-01-28 14:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950294 the variable being tested https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950435 2022-01-28 14:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950435 The Sample is the group of participants in a research this is usually random. https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950517 2022-01-28 14:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017950517 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017951097 What sources have been used? Is there evidence to back up data? ]]> 2022-01-28 14:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017951097 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017951141 How truthful and representative the findings are ]]> 2022-01-28 14:13:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017951141 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017951229 the variable that is affected ]]> 2022-01-28 14:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017951229 Reliability is if you can generalise your findings and if you were to repeat the research you would receive the same outcome https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017952885 2022-01-28 14:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017952885 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017952971 Variable that is being affected ]]> 2022-01-28 14:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017952971 True population value is when the sample represents the population accurately. https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017955158 2022-01-28 14:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017955158 The variable that is being tested. Usually the hypothesis https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017957223 2022-01-28 14:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017957223 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017957232 a subset of the members of a population]]> 2022-01-28 14:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017957232 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017957445 represents the fraction of people in a certain population who have a given characteristic  ]]> 2022-01-28 14:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017957445 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017959818 when repeated measurements of the same item are consistent ]]> 2022-01-28 14:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017959818 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017959870 A research method which consist of questions. This can be online or on paper ]]> 2022-01-28 14:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017959870 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017960392 A set of questions given to the population to find basic information ]]> 2022-01-28 14:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017960392 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017960429 A research method that collects data from participants using a series of questions - i.e. questionnaire ]]> 2022-01-28 14:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017960429 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017961211 when they provide accurate measurements of a concept]]> 2022-01-28 14:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017961211 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017961491 The variable which is changed.]]> 2022-01-28 14:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017961491 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017968489 The variable which is affected by the change ]]> 2022-01-28 14:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2017968489 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018067532 whether you are successfully measuring what you intended to measure]]> 2022-01-28 15:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018067532 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018069760 when findings can be repeated when testing your hypothesis against another sample]]> 2022-01-28 15:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018069760 Method of collecting, organising and analysing data https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018072552 2022-01-28 15:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018072552 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018074261 experimental variable]]> 2022-01-28 15:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2018074261 Can be transmitted across generations https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601093 2022-02-04 15:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601093 can be learned, shared & transmitted https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601219 2022-02-04 15:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601219 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601486 The research objective ]]> 2022-02-04 15:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601486 Formal restraint - rules, laws https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601654 2022-02-04 15:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029601654 Meso - group level and comparing the groups https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029602606 2022-02-04 15:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029602606 research units, e.g. countries, regions, groups of people https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029602687 2022-02-04 15:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029602687 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029602889 Values and. beliefs that allow us to communicate and perceive people and situations the way we do ]]> 2022-02-04 15:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029602889 micro https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603131 smallest level of interaction ]]> 2022-02-04 15:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603131 Macro - structural lenses. The way things impacts countries/communities https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603478 2022-02-04 15:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603478 zwalshe https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603502 "A unit of analysis is the unit about which we obtain information: it is the unit whose characteristics we describe" (De Vaus, 2004: 30)​]]> 2022-02-04 15:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603502 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603939 Can be learnt, in a collective environment. Beliefs are formed and values are constructed ]]> 2022-02-04 15:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029603939 informal restraint- taboos, traditions https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029604434 2022-02-04 15:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029604434 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029604465 Community ]]> 2022-02-04 15:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029604465 informal restraints https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029604697 taboos, traditions, customs - maintain social order ]]> 2022-02-04 15:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029604697 levels of analysis: micro - smallest level of interaction; meso - focus on groups; macro - focus on structures and institutions https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029605272 2022-02-04 15:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029605272 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029605710 Meso- best of both worlds. Analyse behaviour across professions ]]> 2022-02-04 15:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029605710 something that is learnt from the environment, shared across societies and passed through generations https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029605847 2022-02-04 15:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029605847 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029606127 Micro: the individual level, based on object’s social context
Meso: a community, a group
Macro: the national level, the social structure and institutions ]]> 2022-02-04 15:15:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029606127 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029606667 Macro- large scale patterns across communities]]> 2022-02-04 15:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029606667 the thing that we are trying to analyze and compare https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029607131 2022-02-04 15:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029607131 continents https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029607266 2022-02-04 15:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2029607266 this calculates the average https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042577689 2022-02-11 15:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042577689 most common https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042578075 2022-02-11 15:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042578075 nominal- used for different categories https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042578356 2022-02-11 15:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042578356 https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042578645 the middle of data set]]> 2022-02-11 15:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042578645 middle of the numbers/ data https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042579354 2022-02-11 15:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042579354 the average number of the data set. https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042580541 2022-02-11 15:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042580541 scale/interval- measures an interval or ratio scale. https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042582771 2022-02-11 15:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042582771 ordinal-used for ranks https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042583228 2022-02-11 15:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042583228 can be done by adding the numbers and dividing by how many there is https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042585993 2022-02-11 15:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042585993 the highest frequency https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042592201 2022-02-11 15:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/zwalshe/seminar1500/wish/2042592201