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Assignment: Abstract Concepts and Operational Variables Relationship
A. What is the relationship between abstract concepts and operational variables in a conceptual framework? Provide an example.
B. Identify the three types of case studies. Provide an example research question for each type of case study.
C. Provide two rationales for selecting a single-case in your research design. Provide an example for each rationale.
D. Explain the difference between literal replication and theoretical replication. Provide an example for each.
E. What is the difference between analytic and statistical generalization?
F. Define probability sampling.
G. Identify two types of probability sampling. Provide an example for each type of probability sampling.
H. What are the four types of measurement used in surveys? Provide an example for each type of measurement.
I. According to John Forester (1999) how does participatory action research differ from the rational planning model?
J. According to June Thomas (1994) which planning instruments were used to promote residential discrimination in the period between the two World Wars?
K. Describe the relationship between positionality and objectivity in planning research.
L. Explain how rational planning techniques promote a positivist approach to research. Provide an example to illustrate this relationship.
M. Define confirmation bias. Provide an example of a potential source of confirmation bias in your final project.
N. Define selection bias. Provide an example of how selection bias might be present in your final project.
O. What is the difference in how researchers generalize in survey studies compared to case studies?