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Quantitative Methods
What elements of the checklist of questions for designing a survey method do you think are relevant? Justify your choice.
When would a true experiment or quasi-experiment be more appropriate? Provide an example for each.
Discuss the usefulness of pretesting, pilot testing, or field-testing a survey.
How can response bias influence the outcomes of a study?
Assume that a new intervention has been developed using a new approach to social skills training to help individuals with Asperger’s syndrome. How would you design an experiment to test the intervention? Consider the type of experiment, exposure, measurement, ordering, assignment to condition, and comparison groups.
Qualitative Methods
What are some ways that qualitative research characteristics are fundamentally different from quantitative research?
Consider a research study you might conduct. What is the role of gatekeepers?
To what extent do you think having data analysis in qualitative research goes hand-in-hand with data collection, and write-up of findings may cause confusion for the researcher?
Discuss the relative merits of hand coding as opposed to using computer software when completing qualitative data analysis.
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