Quiz 2 | BWhitmer
|1|Briefly describe Content Analysis. What does "text" mean in this context? What types of questions are best addressed by this method? |
|2|There are many ethical problems that can occur in research with human subjects, one of which is revealing participant identity. Discuss the importance of maintaining confidentiality or anonymity (as appropriate) of participants in a study. What effect might your efforts to maintain confidentiality or anonymity have on the conduct or content of the study?|
|3|What are the four most common types of usability studies conducted within library science? What is each trying to discover?|
|4|Explain the concepts of validity and reliability in experimental research. What different types of validity and reliability are there, and how would you explain them in the simplest way?|
|5|Briefly describe the differences you might find in reading published research that follows the content analysis, interview/ focus group, usability study, or experimental research models. (Hint - I'm asking you to compare what you find in the "telling the story sections" of the relevant chapters.)|