Dissemination
Definition
The stage at which findings are written up, peer reviewed, published and communicated to academic, policy and practitioner audiences so the study can inform decisions and be checked by others.
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- Hypothesis
- A proposed explanation for observed evidence. In reconstruction, competing hypotheses are evaluated against the physical facts and background knowledge. A good hypothesis...
- Operationalisation
- The process of turning an abstract concept, such as fear of crime or recidivism, into a measurable variable with a stated procedure...
- Pilot Study
- A small-scale trial run of the data collection instrument and procedure, carried out before the full study, to catch unclear questions, timing...
- Research Design
- The overall plan for answering the research question, such as a cross-sectional survey, a longitudinal cohort study, or a case study, chosen...
- Research Problem
- A specific, answerable question that narrows a broad area of interest into something a study can actually investigate with available data and...
- Data Analysis
- Cleaning, coding and interpreting collected data, quantitative or qualitative, in relation to the original hypothesis or research question.
- Literature Review
- A structured reading of prior studies that shows what is already known, which measures worked, and where a genuine gap in the...
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- Main Steps in the Criminological Research Process
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