Research Methods Intro: Accuracy and Ethnography
In personality psychology researchers empirically investigate sources of accuracy by using information about both the perceiver - the person whose accuracy we are evaluating - and the target - the person the perceiver is accurate about. Using a round robin design - where every participant rates and is rated by every other participant, as well … Continue reading Research Methods Intro: Accuracy and Ethnography
Research Methods Intro: Participant Observation – A Brief Primer
In interacting with Maori individuals, the indigenous people of New Zealand, I found a few techniques particularly helpful. First, being an anthropologist requires a degree of “suspension of disbelief.” You are there to learn other peoples’ stories, stories that will sometimes clash with what you yourself believe. People will be sensitive to your disbelief, so … Continue reading Research Methods Intro: Participant Observation – A Brief Primer
Research Methods Intro: Ethnography – How Do People Actually Talk, Think, and Behave With Regards To Race?
Value: If we have the resources, it is helpful to start with a qualitative, particularly an ethnographic, perspective. This perspective helps us to generate a “thick description” of the phenomenon in question. This process provides inspiration for quantitative work and helps us to interpret quantitative results. Relevant to our intervention-oriented research question - we can … Continue reading Research Methods Intro: Ethnography – How Do People Actually Talk, Think, and Behave With Regards To Race?
Research Methods Intro: Categories of Research Question – Example: Teaching Cutting Edge Thinking About Race
Every research project starts with a research question: Observational: I believe that the world works in a certain way. I want to give evidence in favor of (or against) my observation. Theoretical: This theory predicts that the world will work in this way but it hasn't yet been tested in this particular context. Let's do it! Inferential: … Continue reading Research Methods Intro: Categories of Research Question – Example: Teaching Cutting Edge Thinking About Race
Research Methods: Purposes
I tackle socially-relevant questions and compare different methodological approaches to answering them. My specialities are social psychology (M.A. University of Chicago, M.A. University of British Columbia), communication (Ph.D. The Ohio Stat University), and cultural anthropology (BA with honors Darmouth College). The first three required specialization in quantitative research, emphasizing rigorous statistical training and the use … Continue reading Research Methods: Purposes
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