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LESSON 38 - METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION: TYPES OF DATA || SOURCES OF DATA
Data collection is the make-or-break step in research: without it, researchers can’t answer research questions, test hypotheses, or produce...
LESSON 57- CHAPTER TWO ON LITERATURE REVIEW: MEANING, PURPOSE & SCOPE OF LITERATURE REVIEW
A strong literature review is the difference between research that can defend its conclusions and research that can’t: it builds the body of...
LESSON 12 - QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS: SURVEY, EX POST FACTO & EXPERIMENTAL
Quantitative research design is the “master plan” that dictates how data will be collected, analyzed, and reported to answer research questions or...
LESSON 53 - RESEARCH PROPOSAL: PURPOSE OF THE STUDY, OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY, RESEARCH QUESTIONS
A strong research proposal hinges on three linked parts: a single-sentence purpose, specific objectives that translate that purpose into measurable...
LESSON 29 - SAMPLING: METHODS OF DETERMINING THE SAMPLE SIZE IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Determining sample size in quantitative research is a balancing act: the sample must be large enough to represent the population and deliver accurate...
LESSON 65 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY || SECTION 3.5: SAMPLE SIZE & SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
Sample size and sampling procedures sit at the heart of a research proposal because they determine who will be studied—and how confidently results...
VARIABLES IN RESEARCH
Research variables are the “language” that lets scholars communicate what they measure, how they measure it, and how different factors relate. The...
LESSON 28 - SAMPLING: DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN SAMPLING, PURPOSE & LIMITATIONS OF SAMPLING
Sampling in social science research is a strategic choice to study a subset of a population rather than everyone, making it possible to produce...
LESSON 71 - CHAPTER FOUR OF RESEARCH PROJECT, THESIS OR DISSERTATION || THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHAPTER
Chapter four is where a researcher turns collected data into a structured, audience-ready account of findings—by analyzing, presenting, interpreting,...
LESSON 13 - EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS: TRUE EXPERIMENTAL AND QUASI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
Experimental design is the quantitative research approach used to establish cause-and-effect: when researchers manipulate an independent variable...
LESSON 66- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY||SECTION 3.6 DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS & 3.7 COLLECTION PROCEDURES
Data quality hinges on the tools and steps used to gather it: research proposal section 3.6 focuses on data collection instruments, while section 3.7...
LESSON 35 - MULTI-STAGE SAMPLING DESIGN: DEFINITION & STEPS OF CONDUCTING MULTI-STAGE SAMPLING
Multi-stage sampling is a probability sampling approach that selects respondents in a sequence of stages—each new sample is drawn from within the...
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES, RESEARCH QUESTIONS & HYPOTHESES
A research study’s core structure hinges on a tight chain: a clearly defined research problem creates objectives, objectives shape investigative...
LESSON 56 - RESEARCH PROPOSAL: ASSUMPTIONS, DEFINITIONS OF TERMS & ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
The final stretch of Chapter 1 in a research proposal hinges on three often-misunderstood sections: assumptions, definitions of significant terms,...
LESSON 67 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY || SECTION 3.8: DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES || QUANTITATIVE DATA
Quantitative data analysis in a research proposal should be presented as a clear, step-by-step plan: reduce raw responses into manageable summaries,...
LESSON 39 - QUESTIONNAIRES: TYPES OF INFORMATION & DESIGNS OF CONSTRUCTING A QUESTIONNAIRE
A well-designed questionnaire depends less on clever wording and more on getting usable data: enough questionnaires come back, respondents finish...
LESSON 31 - SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING: DEFINITION & STEPS OF CONDUCTING SIMPLE RANDOM SAMPLING DESIGN
Simple random sampling design is a probability sampling method where every member of a population has the same chance of being selected for a...
THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
A quality research proposal depends on a clear chain of meaning: concepts become measurable variables, variables are organized into a conceptual...
LESSON 16 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS / APPROACHES (THE 5 GIANTS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH)
Qualitative research designs are practical blueprints for collecting narrative data in natural settings—so researchers can describe social phenomena...
LESSON 14 - THREATS TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VALIDITY OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
Experimental designs earn their power from one promise: they can support causal claims—“X causes Y”—only when threats to validity are controlled....
LESSON 54 - RESEARCH PROPOSAL || HYPOTHESES: MEANING & TYPES OF HYPOTHESES
A hypothesis in social science research is a prediction about how variables relate or differ, and it functions as the backbone for hypothesis testing...
REVISION LESSON 4 ON SCALES OR LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT: NOMINAL || ORDINAL || INTERVAL || RATIO.
Scales (or levels) of measurement determine what statistical tools can be used, because they define how variables were coded—either as categories or...
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS
Quantitative research designs are built on a positivist view of reality: measurable, objective variables that can be converted into numbers to test...
LESSON 27 - RELIABILITY: METHODS OF DETERMINING RELIABILITY / DEPENDABILITY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Qualitative reliability is reframed as **dependability** because identical results across different researchers and times can’t be guaranteed in an...
PARADIGMS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Social science research is steered less by “methods” alone and more by the beliefs researchers carry about reality, knowledge, values, and acceptable...
LESSON 44 - OBSERVATION: MEANING, TYPES, CHARACTERISTICS, STRENGTHS & LIMITATIONS OF OBSERVATION
Observation is a systematic way to collect data by using the researcher’s own eyes to record events as they unfold in participants’ natural settings....
LESSON 50 - CHOOSING THE RIGHT STATISTICAL TESTS: FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A TEST
Choosing the right statistical test hinges on matching the analysis to the research question and the data’s measurement properties—because the test...
LESSON 41 - LIKERT SCALE || WHAT IS LIKERT? || DOES IT COLLECT CONTINUOUS OR CATEGORICAL DATA?
Likert scales turn agreement with statements into structured responses, but whether those responses should be treated as categorical or continuous...
LESSON 42 - INTERVIEWS || TYPES, STRUCTURE & SKILLS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN INTERVIEW
Interviews are presented as a flexible, in-depth method of social science data collection that relies on people sharing information in response to...
LESSON 75 - APA STYLE OF REFERENCING || HOW TO CITE BOOKS AND JOURNALS USING APA 7TH EDITION
APA 7th edition referencing in social science hinges on getting the author-date system right—then formatting the reference list entries in a specific...
LESSON 25 - ALPHA COEFFICIENT RELIABILITY: DETERMINING ALPHA COEFFICIENT RELIABILITY USING SPSS
Internal consistency reliability hinges on whether items in a single instrument move together. For quantitative measures administered once,...
LESSON 77 - APA STYLE OF REFERENCING || FORMATTING PRELIMINARY PAGES OF THESIS & DISSERTATIONS
APA 7th edition formatting for theses and dissertations hinges on consistency across the entire document—especially margins, spacing, pagination, and...
LESSON 78 - APA STYLE OF REFERENCING: FORMATTING THE MAIN SECTIONS /BODY OF THESIS & DISSERTATIONS-1
APA 7th edition formatting for theses and dissertations must stay consistent across the entire main body—down to font choice, spacing, heading style,...
FREE PREVIEW LESSON IN IBM SPSS STATISTICS COURSE: BASIC CONCEPTS IN DATA ANALYSIS
Data analysis starts with a clear chain of definitions: research aims to close a “research gap,” and doing that well depends on collecting quality...