When you have to look.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

To fol­low up on Friday’s post, here’s how to find some­thing without loo­king for it and, sur­pri­sin­gly, pro­ving it.

First, choose your research field. Let’s say that it is a ques­tion of pro­per­ly iden­ti­fying the entire population/area of stu­dy. For example, if you want to learn more about social beha­viour in the Uni­ted States, you will have to choose a research field throu­ghout the Uni­ted States. Then, you have to iden­ti­fy the constraints. For example, some areas may be inac­ces­sible. Minors can­not be approa­ched without the consent of legal guardians.

Then, you have to iden­ti­fy your research mecha­nisms. They must reach the entire popu­la­tion. All Ame­ri­can adults, for example. So you must sup­port all lan­guages, all means of com­mu­ni­ca­tion, such as hea­ring or visual pro­blems, and even illi­te­ra­cy. By iden­ti­fying the area, it will allow you to spe­ci­fy any future discoveries.

Final­ly, rigo­rous sta­tis­ti­cal methods can be used to allow for sam­pling to cla­ri­fy repre­sen­ta­ti­ve­ness, that is, the extent to which the research sample repre­sents the entire population.

In this way, and only in this way, it can be said that a cer­tain per­cen­tage of the popu­la­tion is this or that. Without this method, you are sim­ply repro­du­cing research short­co­mings that lead us in circles.

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on June 11, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny