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Module 9. Small Group (Quantitative Techniques – Part 2)
Training Materials
Module Summary
- Part II. Quantitative analytic techniques
- Having selected a specific research approach and study design, what are the key details needed to fully and properly use that design?
- What types of quantitative data and analysis methods are relevant?
- What factors influence the selection of an approach and design?
- Having selected a specific research approach and study design, what are the key details needed to fully and properly use that design?
- What types of cost evaluation are relevant?
- When should they be used?
- What data are needed?
- What sources are available for primary and secondary data collection?
Self-reflection Questions
- What type of quantitative research question are you trying to answer?
- What are you measuring, manipulating and/or controlling?
- What are you using for your dependent, independent, categorical and continuous variables and how do they apply to the analytic methods?