Approaches to research

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Define an ordinal variable
Categorised variables with a clear order
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Define a continuous variable
a variable that takes on any value within a range with an equal unit of distance between groups
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Nominal variables
two or more clear categories with no ordering
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Dichotomous variable
Two clear answers
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Theory definition
provides an answer to the RQ and tells us why that answer is expected by specifying the key mechanism, chain of events or reactions or changes which connect the independent variable with the dependent variable
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Elements of a theory
Expectations, causal mechanisms, assumptions, scope
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The research cycle
Theory/RQ, hypothesis, conceptualisation, operationalisation, measurement
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Define a continuous variable

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a variable that takes on any value within a range with an equal unit of distance between groups

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Nominal variables

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Dichotomous variable

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Theory definition

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