TECHNIQUES OF MINDOMO

DIFINITION

METHOD INWHICH INDEPENDENT IS CHANGED AND DEPENDANT IS MEASURED

STRENGTH

UNDERSTAND LAWS OF NATURE

Subtopic

BE SURE THAT INDEPENDENT IS THE ONE WHICH AFFECTS

LIMITATIONS

USED ONLY WHEN IT IS PRACTICAL

EXAMPLE

HOW BIRDS REMEMBER THEIR NESTS' PLACES

DECRIPTION

NONE EXPERIMANTAL, MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUE FOR SUMMARIZING DATA

STRENGTH

CAN BE USED WHEN IT IS IMPRACTICAL

SUSED AS BASIS FOR PREDICTION

LIMITATIONS

CANNOT PROVE CAUSATION OF RELATIONSHIP

EXAMPLE

PREDICTING STUDENTS GRADES IN COLLEGE FROM THE STUDENTS SAT SCORES

DESCRIPTION

TYPE OF STUDY CLASSIFIED UNDER THE BORDER CATEGORY OF FIELD STUDIES

STRENGTH

ALLOWS THE RESEARCHER TO OBSERVE THE BEHAVIOUR INWHICH IT NORMALLY OCCURS

LIMITATIONS

CONTROLLED CONDITIONS

BEHAVIOUR IS DESCRIBED

IT TAKES SOME TIME TO OBSERVE THE BEHAVIOUR

EXAMPLE

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

DESCRIPTION

ANOTHER TYPE OF NON EXPERIMANTAL THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE DIRECT OBSERVATION

STRENGTH

USEFUL WHEN OBSERVATION IS DIFFICULT

LIMITATIONS

RELIES ON SELF REPORT METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

EXAMPLE

SURVEY FOR THE GENERAL LECTURE OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING

DESCRIPTION

NON EXPERIMANTAL INVOLVING IN DEPTH DESCRIPTIVE RECORD KEPT BY OTHER OBSERVER

STRENGTH

USEFUL WHEN RESEARCHERS WANT TO GET DETAILED CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF INDIVIDUALS' LIVES

LIMITATIONS

WITHOUT CONTROLLED CONDITIONS

EXAMPLE

DOING A CASE STUDY ON AN UNETHICAL MEDIA DILEMMA

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