I KNOW MY VARIABLES
PROF. JOHN CAN DO BETTER
I AM SMARTER THAN SARAH PALIN
WHY THE HELL DID I SIGN UP FOR GOVT 300
A FEW EXTRA POINTS WONT HURT
100
IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN X AND Y, I AM Y
What is DEPENDENT VARIABLE
100
I AM THE SPECIFIC FOCUS OF YOUR RESEARCH STUDY
What is RESEARCH PROBLEM
100
IT IS THE FIRST STAGE IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS
What is DECIDING THE WHAT
100
IN AN EXPERIMENT, I RECEIVED NO TREATMENT
What is CONTROL GROUP
100
IT IS THE LEVEL OF MEASUREMENT IN WHICH THE VARIABLE HAS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE CATEGORIES
What is NOMINAL
200
WITHOUT ME THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN X AND Y IS INCOMPLETE
What is INTERVENING VARIABLE
200
THE CONCLUSIONS ABOUT ME ARE TENTATIVE UNTIL THE RESEARCH IS OVER
What is A HYPOTHESIS
200
IT IS ONE OF THE STEPS IN THE SECOND STAGE OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS
What is RESEARCH DESIGN, SAMPLING, DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS
200
IT IS THE PRINCIPLE THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SAY IN EXPERIMENT THAT X IS THE SOLE CAUSE OF Y
What is INTERNAL VALIDITY
200
IT IS THE DATA I USE IN MY RESEARCH THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED BY ANOTHER ENTITY
What is SECONDARY DATA
300
ALTHOUGH I CAN INFLUENCE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN X AND Y, I AM ALWAYS PREVENTED FROM INFLUENCING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN X AND Y
What is CONTROL VARIABLE
300
IT IS THE REASON WHY YOU ARE DOING THE RESEARCH ABOUT THE FOCUS YOU HAVE CHOSEN
What is RESEARCH OBJECTIVE
300
IT IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS
What is FORMULATING A RESEARCH PROBLEM
300
IT IS A PROBLEM FOR MY RESEARCH STUDY IF I CAN NOT GENERALIZE MY FINDINGS
What is EXTERNAL VALIDITY
300
IT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SAMPLE STATISTIC AND THE TRUE POPULATION MEAN
What is SAMPLING ERROR
400
I AM ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE TREATMENT IN AN EXPERIMENT
What is INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
400
IT IS THE WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC FOCUS OF THE RESEARCH STUDY
What is RESEARCH QUESTION
400
IT IS ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE FIRST STEP OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS
What is LIT REVIEW, VARIABLES, HYPOTHESIS,
400
IT IS THE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRETEST/POST TEST AND A POST TEST ONLY DESIGN
What is THERE IS NO PRETEST IN THE LATTER
400
IT IS A NON RANDOM NON PROBABILITY METHOD OF SAMPLING
What is QOUTA, JUDGEMENTAL, CONVENIENCE, SNOW BALL
500
I AM THE VARIABLE THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME AS WELL EVEN WHEN THE CASE IS MADE THAT SOME OTHER VARIABLE IS THE CAUSE OF THE OBSERVED OUTCOME
What is EXTRANEOUS
500
IT IS THE PRINCIPLE OF RESEARCH THAT ARGUES THAT JESSICA SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW DAVID'S STEPS AND ARRIVE AT THE SAME RESEARCH RESULT
What is REPLICABILITY
500
I AM THE STEPS IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS THAT COMES AFTER FORMULATING A RESEARCH PROBLEM BUT BEFORE CONSTRUCTING AN INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
What is RESEARCH DESIGN AND SAMPLING
500
IT IS THE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
What is THE RANDOM ASSIGNMENT OF SUBJECTS
500
THESE ARE THE TWO KEY CRITERIA TO USE IN SELECTING LITERATURE FOR YOUR RESEARCH STUDY
What is SCHOLARLY AND RELEVANT
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