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Quantitative Methods. Chapter 4. Quantitative Methods. Address quantity or amount of phenomenon. Common Characteristics. Measurement, Comparisons Data = Numbers Cause & Effect Generalization Standardized Measures. What is Measurement?.
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Quantitative Methods Chapter 4 Community Research Methods (Chapter 4)
Quantitative Methods • Address quantity or amount of phenomenon Community Research Methods (Chapter 4)
Common Characteristics • Measurement, Comparisons • Data = Numbers • Cause & Effect • Generalization • Standardized Measures The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)
What is Measurement? • Refers to assignment of numbers to objects or events according to specific rules • Ex: How was the movie? • Answer: it was a 9 out of 10
Abstract ideas of research • Numbers that represent conceptual variables
Love Successful Marriage Conceptual Variables $ spent on first date # years married Measured Variables
Common Characteristics • Standardized instruments • Reliability: • Validity: Community Research Methods (Chapter 4)
Quantitative Description • Correlation & Causation • Community Surveys • Epidemiology • Mapping Physical & Social Environments The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)
Experimental Social Intervention • Designing & evaluating social programs • True experiments (randomizing differences) • Nonequivalent comparison group designs (matching or controlling for differences) • Dropout Prevention Program as nonequivalent design Community Research Methods (Chapter 4)
Mixed Methods Designs The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)
What do drivers do around the time of a traffic jam? Community Research Methods (Chapter 4)
Anne Mulvey (2002) • Lowell Case Study • 15 year study • Safety & Quality of Life The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)
Practice: Match the following columns • Quantitative Research • Qualitative Research • Sensitivity to participants’ interpretations • Standardization of measurement The Aims of Community Research (Chapter 3)