A Gerontologist Who Collects Data, Conducts In-Depth Interviews, Observes Participants

question 63

Multiple Choice

A gerontologist who collects data, conducts in-depth interviews, observes participants, and analyses contents, most likely falls within which research tradition?

• A) postpositivism
• B) empiricism
• C) methodology
• D) constructivism
• E) life course perspective

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values in a statistical calculation that can vary without violating any imposed restrictions.

Independent Variables

Independent Variables are variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated or categorized to determine their effect on dependent variables.

Data Points

Individual observations or measurements recorded during a study or experiment.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors, a measure used in statistics to quantify the discrepancy between the observed and predicted values.