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CO M PU TER S C IE N CE 4 94: R ESE A RC H M ETH O DS

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U nit 1 0: Ac tio n Re se a rch

This u n it c o n ta in s t h e f o llo w in g s e ctio ns:

10 .1 P re fa ce

10 .2 L ea rn in g O utc o m es

10 .3 I n tr o d u ctio n t o A ctio n R ese a rc h

10 .4 R efe re n ce s

1 0.1 P re fa ce

A ctio n r e se a rc h in vestig ate s in te ra ctio ns o f p artic ip an ts t o e stim ate t h e e ffe ctiv en ess o f t h e in te ra ctio ns. I n c o n tr a st t o m ost

fo rm s o f r e se a rc h , a ctio n r e se a rc h is a im ed a t a l o ca l s it uatio n. P artic ip an ts o f a ctio n r e se a rc h a re s e le cte d f r o m t h e l o ca l

p op u la tio n ( e .g ., s tu den ts o f a c la ss, c o lle a g u es in a n o rg an iz atio n, e tc .) w ith w hom t h e r e se a rc h er h as t ie s. I n a ctio n r e se a rc h ,

th ere is l e ss e m ph asis o n c o n tr o l o f t h e s it uatio n o r e lim inatio n o f s o u rc e s o f e rro r. B ia s is in here n tly t h ere , s in ce t h e r e se a rc h er

is a sso cia te d w ith t h e p op u la tio n.

In a ctio n r e se a rc h , d ata is t y p ic ally c o lle cte d b y o b se rv a tio ns, p re fe ra b ly l o n git udin ally . O ne c o u ld u se c o m pu ta tio nal m ea n s t o

o b se rv e s u rre p tit io usly , b u t o n e w ou ld n eed p erm issio n f r o m t h e p artic ip an ts , o f c o u rs e . T he r e su lt s o f a ctio n r e se a rc h c a n b e

an aly se d w ith d esc rip tiv e s ta tis tic s.

W e a n tic ip ate t h at y o u w ill n eed a b ou t 6  h ou rs ( 3 6 0  m in ute s) t o c o m ple te t h is u n it .

1 0.2 L e arn in g O bje ctiv e s

Aft e r c o m ple tin g U nit 1 0 , y o u s h ou ld b e a b le t o

e x p la in t h e f u n dam en ta l p rin cip le s o f a ctio n r e se a rc h .

co n du ct a ctio n r e se a rc h .

1 0.3 I n tr o d u ctio n t o A ctio n R ese arc h

This r e a d in g p ro vid es a n e x te n siv e in tr o d u ctio n t o a ctio n r e se a rc h .

O ’B rie n, R . ( 1 9 98 ). A n o verv ie w o f t h e m eth od olo gic al a p pro ach o f a ctio n r e se a rc h . R etr ie ved f r o m

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1 0.4 R efe re n ce s

O ’B rie n, R . ( 1 9 98 ). A n o verv ie w o f t h e m eth od olo gic al a p pro ach o f a ctio n r e se a rc h . R etr ie ved f r o m

h ttp :/ /w ww.w eb .c a /~ ro b rie n/p ap ers / a rfin al.h tm l ( h ttp :/ /w ww.w eb .c a /% 7E ro b rie n/p ap ers / a rfin al.h tm l)