Analiz birimi kavramının araştırma tasarımındaki merkezi rolü

Bu makelede analiz birimi olgusunun, araştırma tasarımı açısından önemi vurgulanmıştır. Analiz biriminin ilgili diğer kavramlarla ilişkisi açıklanmış ve bağımsızlık varsayımının sağlanamadığı durumlar için geçerli olan analiz yöntemi alternatiflerinden kısaca bahsedilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Analiz birimi, gözlem birimi, gözlemlerin bağımsızlığı varsayımı, hiyerarşik doğrusal modelleme

The central role of the unit of analysis concept in research design

In this paper the importance of the unit of analysis in research design is emphasized. The relations between the unit of analysis and other related concepts are described, and possible analysis alternatives in case of violation of independence assumption are briefly discussed.

Keywords:

Unit of analysis, observational unit, the assumption of independence of observations, hierarchical linear modeling,

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