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MAIS 502: Comparative Research Methods Instructor: Dr. Mark Henze

For Friday Personal Project Proposal QUIZ 5 Ethnographic, Narrative, Historical Discourse / Conversation Analysis / Mixed Method / Instruments . MAIS 502: Comparative Research Methods. InstrumentsandMeasures . What

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MAIS 502: Comparative Research Methods Instructor: Dr. Mark Henze

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    1. MAIS 502: Comparative Research Methods Instructor: Dr. Mark Henze WELCOME …

    2. For Friday Personal Project Proposal QUIZ 5 Ethnographic, Narrative, Historical Discourse / Conversation Analysis / Mixed Method / Instruments MAIS 502: Comparative Research Methods

    4. What “Instruments” can you think of.

    5. Why do we need instruments? Why use an instrument to find out whether someone is motivated? Why not simply ask them? Why not observe and decide for yourself? Or have an expert observe and make the decision?

    6. Why do we need instruments? How would you answer if I asked you whether your Locus of Control is eternal or internal? Is your motivation extrinsic-regulated or extrinsic-introjected? How severe is your concern about death? How self-conscious are you in comparison with others?

    7. Reasons to use Instruments… Does your participant understand the concepts and factors you are trying to measure?

    10. Reasons to use Instruments… Does your participant understand the concepts and factors you are trying to measure? Does your participant (or do you as the researcher) know all of the best questions to ask to analyze a concept and measure where someone fits within that concept? What are the Sub-Factors?

    12. Reasons to use Instruments… Does your participant understand the concepts and factors you are trying to measure? Does your participant (or do you as the researcher) know all of the best questions to ask to analyze a concept and measure where someone fits within that concept? What are the Sub-Factors? Is the person being tested even aware of what he thinks or feels and all of the areas to be considered in determining this?

    13. B. The two levels of knowledge

    14. B. The two levels of knowledge

    15. If you ask this person, do you think they can tell you what they were really thinking?

    16. If you ask this person, do you think they can tell you what they were really thinking?

    17. The Locus of Control Scale Stephen Nowicki, Jr. & B. Strickland Locus of Control: attempts to measure how we perceive the relationship between our own actions and the consequences of those actions. Internal: believe that the individual has much control and can easily overcome chance or predestination. External: life is generally a game of chance (or strongly predestined) and we have no control over what happens to us.

    18. Measuring Attitudes: Does the person know his/her attitude? Have they considered the issue before? Is the attitude capable of being measured? Do they have clear instruction as to how to categorize or report their attitudes? Is the attitude stable or constantly changing? Do attitudes always reflect behavior? How does the question or method of collecting the data influence the attitude?

    19. Methods for Measuring Attitudes: Self Report: Questionnaires, Surveys and Structured Interviews Assisted Report: Interviews w/ open ended and coded questions 3rd Party Observations: Watching behavior Group Report: Good for attitudes of a group or particular context

    20. What “Instruments” can you think of. What affects the accuracy and usefulness of an Instrument?

    27. QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES

    28. Hybrids: Combined Designs and Uses

    29. 4 Ways to Use Hybrid (Mixed Method) Research: Triangulation Use of different methods to check out the veracity of what was discovered by the other methods. Corroboration… Concurrent Use of different methods to find out different types of things that are necessary or independent parts of the entire research scheme. Sequential – Exploratory Use of one type to explore the concepts, ideas and questions that should be investigated by the other type. Sequential – Explanatory Use of one type to seek our a deeper or more rich explanation for what is uncovered or disclosed by the other type of research

    30. Triangulation

    31. Triangulation Using a questionnaire an quantitative statistics to measure the attitude of students toward international students. Triangulate using qualitative analysis through observation or interviews of student’s attitudes toward international students. Triangulate using an experiment where students are observed interacting with international students in a set up or contrived situation.

    32. Concurrent Design

    33. Concurrent Design Used to look at separate concepts or sub-concepts where one is better examined quantitatively and the other better examined qualitatively. Used to examine two different samples using two different methodologies. Eg. Survey to measure attitudes of parents; hidden observation and interview to measure attitude of children.

    34. Sequential – Exploratory (Quantitative Priority)

    35. Sequential – Exploratory (Quantitative Priority) Generally most used form of hybrid research: Using a focus group to determine what issues and available answer options should be included on a quantitative questionnaire. Observe behavior of people on a psychological trait and then using observations to determine what instrument or questions to ask to gather quantitative data.

    36. Sequential – Exploratory (Quantitative Priority)

    37. Sequential – Exploratory (Qualitative Priority)

    38. Sequential – Exploratory (Qualitative Priority) Giving a quantitative survey to a group, tabulating the results and using the information to give you an idea which concept or behavior is most pervasive and is in most need to qualitative observation. Using an experiment to see what effect a treatment has on a group of participants and then using the information to determine what specific side effects should be qualitatively observed for in future studies or in following up with the original participants.

    39. Sequential – Explanatory (Quantitative Priority)

    40. Sequential – Explanatory Observing a group of students do something very unusual and the only possible explanation you can think of is that they were physically ill. Then going to these students and using a qualitative medical experience to see if relieving or mitigating the illness results in changed behavior.

    88. Brainstorming Some Possible Research Applications

    95. For Friday Personal Project Proposal QUIZ 5 Ethnographic, Narrative, Historical Discourse / Conversation Analysis / Mixed Method / Instruments MAIS 502: Comparative Research Methods

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