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Chapter 13: Descriptive and
Exploratory Research
 Descriptive Exploratory Experimental
Describe Find Cause
Populations Relationship and Effect
Case study
Developmental Research
Normative Research
Qualitative research
Correlational, Predictive research
www.StudsPlanet.com
Descriptive/Exploratory
Research
 Purpose:
– To describe a phenomenon
– To explore factors that influence and
interact with it
 Descriptive Research
– Document conditions, attitudes, or
characteristics of individuals or groups of
individuals
www.StudsPlanet.com
Descriptive Research
 Exploratory Research:
– Focuses on the relationships among these
factors
Descriptive and Exploratory Research:
May be combined, depending on the
research question
Are considered nonexperimental or
observational research (no data
manipulation)
www.StudsPlanet.com
Retrospective and Prospective
Research
 Retrospective Research
– Data have been collected in the past
Prospective Research
Data are collected in the present
(longitudinal studies)
Prospective research is more reliable
than retrospective
www.StudsPlanet.com
Descriptive Research
 Purpose of descriptive studies:
– Document the nature of existing variables
– How they change overtime
– Structured around a set of guiding
questions
Descriptive data provide the basis for
classifying data and for further questions
www.StudsPlanet.com
Case Studies
 Purpose
 In-depth description of an individual’s
condition or responses to treatment
 Can also focus on a group, institution,
or other social unit
 Case series- an expansion of a case
study (several similar cases are
reported)
www.StudsPlanet.com
Case Studies
 Most often:
 Case studies emphasize unusual
patient problems or diagnoses that
present interesting clinical challenges
 A case study is an intensive
investigation designed to a analyze &
understand factors important to the:
www.StudsPlanet.com
Case Studies
–Etiology, care, and outcome of
subject’s:
–Background, present status, and
responses to intervention
www.StudsPlanet.com
Case Studies
It begins with a: full history,
delineation problems, symptoms,
and prior treatments,
demographic and social factors
that a relevant to the subject’s
care and prognosis
www.StudsPlanet.com
Case Studies
 Literature should be cited to support
treatment
 Documentation of all interventions,
subject’s responses, and and10 follow-
up should be complete
 Data could be quantitative or qualitative,
or both
www.StudsPlanet.com
Case Studies
 Major Contributions:
– Information generates hypothesis
– A thorough analysis of a single situation
may lead to discovery of non obvious
relationships
– “Case law” may lead to a conceptual form
www.StudsPlanet.com
Case Studies
 Provides an opportunity for
understanding the totality of an
individual’s experience
 Limitations:
– Limited generalizability from one case to
another due to lack of control
www.StudsPlanet.com
Developmental Research
 Involves the description of
developmental change and the
sequencing of behavior in people over
time (Erickson, Piaget)
 Methods used to document change:
1. Longitudinal study- follows a cohort of
subjects over time
www.StudsPlanet.com
Developmental Research
 Advantage of longitudinal method:
– Ability to accumulate data through
intensive documentation of growth and
change in the same individuals
Disadvantages:
Money, long term commitment, attrition,
and confounding variables
www.StudsPlanet.com
Developmental Research
2. Cross-Sectional Method- studies a
stratified group of subjects at one-point
in time
This method is used more often than
longitudinal method because its
efficiency as subjects are tested once at
the same time
www.StudsPlanet.com
Developmental Research
 Disadvantages of Cross-Sectional
method:
• Selection of subjects (results reflect extraneous
factors)
• “Cohort Effects” (effects are not age-specific
but rather generation or time of birth)
www.StudsPlanet.com
Developmental Research
 Provides valuable information for
generating correlational or experimental
hypothesis/es
 Generates developmental theories
www.StudsPlanet.com
Normative Studies
 Purpose:
 To describe typical or standard values
for characteristics of a given population
 Directed toward:
– A specific age group, gender, occupation,
culture, or disability
www.StudsPlanet.com
Normative Research
 Norms are usually expressed in terms
of:
– Mean (within a range of acceptable values)
– Normal nerve conduction velocity of the
Ulnar nerve is expressed as 57.5
meters/sec, with a normal range of 49.5 to
63.6 m/s
www.StudsPlanet.com
Normative Research
 The “norm” is used as a basis for:
Prescribing corrective interventions
Predicting future performance
Researchers must be aware of
sampling biases
www.StudsPlanet.com
Qualitative Research
 Quantitative Methods:
– Based on ‘Logical positivism”
– Concept/constructs can be measured and
assigned numbers
Qualitative Methods:
Based on observing the “complex
nature of humans”
www.StudsPlanet.com
Qualitative Research
 Purpose:
To understand the patient’s perspective
To describe how individuals perceive their
own experiences within a specific context
 To seek an understanding why something
occurs
(Phantom pain)
www.StudsPlanet.com
Qualitative Research
 Methods of Data collection:
– Interviews
– Observations
 Data Analysis and Interpretation
– Data are recorded in the narrative
– Content analysis
– Themes
www.StudsPlanet.com
Qualitative Research
 “Measurement error”
– In terms of judgments not numerical
equivalency
Sampling
Size
www.StudsPlanet.com
Exploratory Research
 The systematic investigation of relationship
among two or more variables
 Purpose:
– To describe relationships
– To predict the effects of one variable on
another
– To test relationships that are supported by
clinical theory
www.StudsPlanet.com
Exploratory Research
 Exploratory research is guided by a set
of hypotheses
– Operational definition
– Statistical testing
www.StudsPlanet.com
Exploratory Research
 The foundation of exploratory research
is the process of:
1. Correlation-
– Measures the degree of association among
variables
– A function of covariation of the data (the
extent that one variable varies directly or
indirectly with another variable)
www.StudsPlanet.com
Exploratory Research
The strength of this relationship is measured
by a correlation statistic
– Pearson Correlation r (how close the
correlation coefficient is to +1or -1
2. Regression-
Predicts the score on an outcome variable
by knowing the values of other variables
www.StudsPlanet.com
Chapter 13
 Now you know all
about Descriptive
and Exploratory
Research
www.StudsPlanet.com

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  • 1. Chapter 13: Descriptive and Exploratory Research  Descriptive Exploratory Experimental Describe Find Cause Populations Relationship and Effect Case study Developmental Research Normative Research Qualitative research Correlational, Predictive research www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 2. Descriptive/Exploratory Research  Purpose: – To describe a phenomenon – To explore factors that influence and interact with it  Descriptive Research – Document conditions, attitudes, or characteristics of individuals or groups of individuals www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 3. Descriptive Research  Exploratory Research: – Focuses on the relationships among these factors Descriptive and Exploratory Research: May be combined, depending on the research question Are considered nonexperimental or observational research (no data manipulation) www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 4. Retrospective and Prospective Research  Retrospective Research – Data have been collected in the past Prospective Research Data are collected in the present (longitudinal studies) Prospective research is more reliable than retrospective www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 5. Descriptive Research  Purpose of descriptive studies: – Document the nature of existing variables – How they change overtime – Structured around a set of guiding questions Descriptive data provide the basis for classifying data and for further questions www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 6. Case Studies  Purpose  In-depth description of an individual’s condition or responses to treatment  Can also focus on a group, institution, or other social unit  Case series- an expansion of a case study (several similar cases are reported) www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 7. Case Studies  Most often:  Case studies emphasize unusual patient problems or diagnoses that present interesting clinical challenges  A case study is an intensive investigation designed to a analyze & understand factors important to the: www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 8. Case Studies –Etiology, care, and outcome of subject’s: –Background, present status, and responses to intervention www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 9. Case Studies It begins with a: full history, delineation problems, symptoms, and prior treatments, demographic and social factors that a relevant to the subject’s care and prognosis www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 10. Case Studies  Literature should be cited to support treatment  Documentation of all interventions, subject’s responses, and and10 follow- up should be complete  Data could be quantitative or qualitative, or both www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 11. Case Studies  Major Contributions: – Information generates hypothesis – A thorough analysis of a single situation may lead to discovery of non obvious relationships – “Case law” may lead to a conceptual form www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 12. Case Studies  Provides an opportunity for understanding the totality of an individual’s experience  Limitations: – Limited generalizability from one case to another due to lack of control www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 13. Developmental Research  Involves the description of developmental change and the sequencing of behavior in people over time (Erickson, Piaget)  Methods used to document change: 1. Longitudinal study- follows a cohort of subjects over time www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 14. Developmental Research  Advantage of longitudinal method: – Ability to accumulate data through intensive documentation of growth and change in the same individuals Disadvantages: Money, long term commitment, attrition, and confounding variables www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 15. Developmental Research 2. Cross-Sectional Method- studies a stratified group of subjects at one-point in time This method is used more often than longitudinal method because its efficiency as subjects are tested once at the same time www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 16. Developmental Research  Disadvantages of Cross-Sectional method: • Selection of subjects (results reflect extraneous factors) • “Cohort Effects” (effects are not age-specific but rather generation or time of birth) www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 17. Developmental Research  Provides valuable information for generating correlational or experimental hypothesis/es  Generates developmental theories www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 18. Normative Studies  Purpose:  To describe typical or standard values for characteristics of a given population  Directed toward: – A specific age group, gender, occupation, culture, or disability www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 19. Normative Research  Norms are usually expressed in terms of: – Mean (within a range of acceptable values) – Normal nerve conduction velocity of the Ulnar nerve is expressed as 57.5 meters/sec, with a normal range of 49.5 to 63.6 m/s www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 20. Normative Research  The “norm” is used as a basis for: Prescribing corrective interventions Predicting future performance Researchers must be aware of sampling biases www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 21. Qualitative Research  Quantitative Methods: – Based on ‘Logical positivism” – Concept/constructs can be measured and assigned numbers Qualitative Methods: Based on observing the “complex nature of humans” www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 22. Qualitative Research  Purpose: To understand the patient’s perspective To describe how individuals perceive their own experiences within a specific context  To seek an understanding why something occurs (Phantom pain) www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 23. Qualitative Research  Methods of Data collection: – Interviews – Observations  Data Analysis and Interpretation – Data are recorded in the narrative – Content analysis – Themes www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 24. Qualitative Research  “Measurement error” – In terms of judgments not numerical equivalency Sampling Size www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 25. Exploratory Research  The systematic investigation of relationship among two or more variables  Purpose: – To describe relationships – To predict the effects of one variable on another – To test relationships that are supported by clinical theory www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 26. Exploratory Research  Exploratory research is guided by a set of hypotheses – Operational definition – Statistical testing www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 27. Exploratory Research  The foundation of exploratory research is the process of: 1. Correlation- – Measures the degree of association among variables – A function of covariation of the data (the extent that one variable varies directly or indirectly with another variable) www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 28. Exploratory Research The strength of this relationship is measured by a correlation statistic – Pearson Correlation r (how close the correlation coefficient is to +1or -1 2. Regression- Predicts the score on an outcome variable by knowing the values of other variables www.StudsPlanet.com
  • 29. Chapter 13  Now you know all about Descriptive and Exploratory Research www.StudsPlanet.com