ARAŞTIRMA YÖNTEMLERİ - Deneme Sınavı - 6

Building the second phase of the study on the results of first phase is a characteristic of explanatory design.

Review table 6.3 at page 160

Review page 164 'Analyzing the Quantitative and/or Qualitative Data Using
Quantitative and/or Qualitative Analysis Techniques'

Review 'Interpreting the Mixed Research Findings' at p.166

Review 'Interpreting the Mixed Research Findings' at page 166

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Census is data collected from every member in the society by governments for official purposes and could vary from general demographic information such as sex, age, education, place of birth to questions about households. If the entire population is surveyed, meaning it is a census representing 100% the population.

Quantitative research, or also called scientific research method, is a way of obtaining information that provides the researcher with accurate and reliable data that is numeric in nature and has been obtained through testing or comparing ideas in the public arena.

Correlational studies enable the researcher to identify how one or a set of variables are related to another or enable the researcher to make predictions. Especially in the case where it is difficult to conduct an experimental study, the researcher can make use of the available data to analyze the relationships among different variables (McNabb, 2004). Correlational research contradicts with experimental research in the sense that no variable is manipulated in this method.

Experimental research is unique yet not so common in political research as the
nature of experimental research demands manupulating of the independent variable in the experiment. More explicitly, it is a research type that explicitly attempts to influence a particular variable. Second, it is considered to be the best method to test hypothesis related to cause-and-effect relationships (Fraenkel & Wallen, 2010). In addition, ethics is of utmost consideration.

There are different types of surveys, therefore, as the researcher you need to relate your survey design to your research questions. Butt et al. (2016) provide
a list of survey types that can be utilized in political science research such as cross-national surveys, national time series, election surveys, and panel
surveys.