Research
Research that addresses an immediate problem or makes a practical contribution.
What is applied research.
The process of getting permission from a minor and their parent to participate in a research study.
What is assent.
A research method in which participants provide information through self-report about their attitudes, emotions, beliefs, etc. using an instrument.
What is survey research.
Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio are referred to as _______.
What are scales of measurement.
Type of question format in which a number of possible answers are provided and the respondent is asked to choose one or choose all that apply.
What is checklist.
Characteristics or properties that can vary (take on different values or attributes).
What are variables.
A statement which gives information about the study, its procedures, benefits, and risks to prospective subjects so they can make decisions about participation.
What is informed consent.
This type of research method seeks to collect data to describe current conditions, investigate relationships, or study cause-effect phenomena.
What is quantitative research.
Two types of properties of people that can be measured.
What are objective and subjective properties.
This is a type of question format that should be presented at the end of a questionnaire.
What is open-ended.
These variables are either continuous or discrete.
What are quantitative variables.
Guidelines that outline the basic principles of ethical conduct for human subjects research.
What is The Belmont Report.
A research method in which triangulation is used to gain deeper insight from different perspectives.
What is Mixed-Method
Creating items that measure what we intend to measure helps to ensure that our instrument is _____.
What is valid.
A type of question format that provides pre-defined options for participants to choose from.
What is a closed question.
Reasoning/research that starts with a theory and data is collected to test or confirm the theory.
What is deductive reasoning/research.
This principle requires that research must do no harm while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk.
What is beneficence.
This is the distinguishing characteristic of a true experimental research design.
What is randomization of participants.
A characteristic or trait that cannot be directly measured. Therefore, indicator (observable) variables are used to measure it.
Items that prompts respondents to answer a certain way by including certain terms and phrases.
What are leading item.
The analysis process in which data collected is categorized into themes.
What is content analysis.
You are required to participate in a study about teachers in order to graduate. This principle is violated.
What is autonomy.
Experimental and quasi-experimental studies use this in their research design but non-experimental studies do not.
What is a control group.
When we define a construct by describing how we will measure it.
What is operationalize.
Items that ask participants for one response to two different questions or statements simultaneously.
What are double-barreled items.