Chapter 6: Descriiptive research design, mixed methods and meta-analysis
Chapter 7: Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies
Read Chapter 6 & 7
Discussion # 3
Discussion Question – Week Five
Based on your course reading assignments and your pending research problem, what type of study do you believe you are conducting, and please explain
why?
Descriptive research design, mixed methods, and meta-analysis highlighted in Chapter 6. Also, we will review Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies covered
in Chapter 7.
Take a moment to review the listed publications and videos below to help bring clarity and supplement your course readings as you progress through our
course.
Descriptive Research
Descriptive research is a study designed to depict the participants in an accurate way. More simply put, descriptive analysis is all about describing people
who take part in the survey.
There are three ways a researcher can go about doing a descriptive research project, and they are:
Observational, defined as a method of viewing and recording the participants
Case study, defined as an in-depth study of an individual or group of individuals
Survey, defined as a brief interview or discussion with an individual about a specific topic
Descriptive Blog: The 3 Basic Types of Descriptive Research Method