Using the Morris Water Maze to explain the Social Science Inquiry Method.
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Using the Morris Water Maze to explain the Social Science Inquiry Method
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The Inquiry Method for Social Science Research
• Social science research looks for patterns in human behaviour as well as connections among those behaviours.
• Most frequently asked questions are ‘What happens?’ and ‘Why?’
• You will learn the answers to these questions by using the research methods of social scientists.
• Once you understand social science research methods, you will be able to read and analyze the results of research done by others.
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How the Inquiry Method Works
• 1) Identify the Problem – begin with the topic or issue you want to study. Determine what you already know or THINK you know. The problem states what you need to find out.
• 2) Create a Research Question - This forms the basis for your investigation. A good research question states exactly what you want to learn and will suggest how you will conduct the research.
• 3 ) Develop a hypothesis – a statement of a possible answer to the question which the researcher will attempt to prove or disprove using research.
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• 4) Gather Data - Do an Experiment or Research – Gather the data/information to answer your question. Use surveys, questionnaires, interviews, experiments and/or observations. – It is important to distinguish between fact and opinion. Facts are
supported with evidence that everyone can observe. Opinions are based on individual observations or experiences.
• 5) Analyze the Data – Organize the data so you can compare, analyze and summarize the information. Look for relationships between the data – these relationships between evidence will help your answer your research question.
• 6) Formulate and Communicate Conclusions – Form the conclusions that state how your data answers your question or hypothesis and also how they answered the question ‘Why?’. Sometimes your hypothesis will not be true.
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Morris Water Maze
• How did you use the Social Science Inquiry Method in the Morris Water Maze Lab?
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Research Question • This forms the basis for your investigation and
all the evidence for your research report. • A good research question states exactly what
you want to learn/research.• It will be based on a cause/independant and
effect/dependant relationship of 2 specific variables– Examples from the Water Maze Activity – – Independent Variable? Dependant Variable?
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Hypothesis
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Gathering Data• Methods of Gathering Data:
– Primary research = creating your own research using the methods below– Complete an experiment– Interview, Survey, Questionnaire – Case Study, Observation
– Gather research already created – called secondary research– Government statistics, research from other scientists experiments…
• When you graphed all the timed trials, what did you notice about the relationship between your 2 variables?
• Once you gather data, you analyzed the relationship of the 2 variable you were testing
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Causal Relationships
• Negative correlation -- an increase in one variable is matched by a decrease in the other or vise versa
Negative Correlation
- variables move in opposite directions
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Causal Relationships
• Positive correlation -- an increase/decrease in one variable is matched by and increase/decrease in the other variable.
Positive Correlation
- both variables move in same direction
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Causal Relationships
• Null hypothesis -- no relationship exists.• Spurious correlation -- correlations that are
not based on causal connections.
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Spongebob Squarepants
• Use the following example to create a research question, hypothesis and explanation of how you would gather data
• http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110912/spongebob-study-111209/