Methodological Rigor in Quantitative Research Methods

Authors
Publication date 2017
Host editors
  • J. Matthes
Book title The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods
ISBN
  • 9781118901762
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781118901731
Series The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication
Volume | Issue number 2
Publisher Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)
Abstract Methodological rigor in quantitative research refers to the soundness or precision of a study in terms of planning, data collection, analysis, and reporting. To determine the accuracy of quantitative methods, social scientists have a number of indicators at hand which allow them to evaluate a study and infer about its theoretical and empirical contribution. Such indicators include the assessment of objective scores (i.e., reliable and valid measurements), but do also encompass more vague attributions about what makes “good” quantitative research.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118901731.iecrm0221
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