Research Paper on:
Methods of Psychological Research

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may be amounted to the acknowledgement that accuracy is limited. In this paper will be given examples of how researchers deal with these issues by giving examples and measurement  procedures. THE RESEARCH If the objective of the research was to explore, interpret, or obtain a deeper understanding of a particular clinical  issue, qualitative methods were almost certainly the most appropriate ones to use by the researcher. If the research aimed to achieve some other goal (such as "determining the incidence  of a disease or the frequency of an adverse drug reaction, testing a cause and effect hypothesis, or showing that one drug has a better risk-benefit ratio than another), then  a case-control study, cohort study, or randomized trial may have been better suited to the research question" (Greenhalgh, 1997, pp. 740). The researcher, being the prime instrument of data collection,  would be responsible for collecting documents to be used in the study of documentary accounts of events, such as meetings. Using passive observation which is systematic watching of  behavior and conversation in natural occurring settings is another tool the researcher could use to collect data. The use of participant observation is observation in which the researcher also occupies  a role or part in the setting, in addition to observing. The researcher might also choose to use in depth interviews, face to face conversation with the purpose of  exploring issues or topics in detail. The researcher would not use preset questions, but questions shaped by a defined set of topics. Focus groups are a method of  group interviews, which explicitly includes and uses the group interaction to generate data (Greenhalgh, 1997). The researcher is the prime instrument of data