WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH? Examples of Quantitative Research AN ETHICAL ISSUE: Giving Your Children Permission to Participate in a Research Study Deductive Reasoning A Model for Conceptualizing Quantitative Research
CREATING THE FOUNDATION FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
RESEARCH HYPOTHESES FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Directional Hypotheses Nondirectional Hypotheses Assessing Hypotheses Null Hypotheses Research Traditions in the Use of Hypotheses
RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
TYPES OF VARIABLES Independent Variables DESIGN CHECK: What Is Sex? What Is Gender? Dependent Variables The Relationship Between Independent and Dependent Variables Intervening and Confounding Variables
OPERATIONALIZING VARIABLES TRY THIS! Identifying Independent and Dependent Variables
MAKING THE CASE FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH TRY THIS! Operationalizing Variables Advantages of Quantitative Research Limitations of Quantitative Research Issues of Reliability and Validity Threats to Reliability and Validity
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