Question

1. Think of an important characteristic that you would look for in a potential romantic partner such as humorous, intelligent, attractive, hardworking, religious, and so on.

1. Give a conceptual definition of that characteristic.
2. Provide a specific operational definition of that characteristic (how will you measure it).

2. What is a coding system?

3. Explain why Naturalistic Observation methods often fit with Qualitative research and why Systematic observation fits in with the characteristics of Quantitative research?

4. What is the difference between a scholarly source and a non-scholarly source?

Answer 1

a)

Humorous :- its a quality to make someone laugh

Intelligent :- it's a quality to solve an issues

Attractive :- its a quality that makes interest for other person.

Hardworking :- its a ability to put efforts in any work

Religious :- it a quality who believe in faith.

b)

i) Asking question to person about all characteristics is a scientifically proved method. This can be done in interview. Here due to question and interview we get both Quantitative and Qualitative reports.

ii) coding system is a process in which both Qualitative and Quantitative reports get analyze.

iii) Naturalistic Observation is study of specific behaviour which is why it is Qualitative and Systematic observation is study of different behaviour hence it is quantitative/

iv) scholarly sources are academic and non scholarly sources are non-academic

Ex., scholarly - research paper, non scholarly - news sources.