an open-ended, general question that a researcher would like answered during a study
What is "qualitative research question"?
100
A statement that participants sign before they participate in research.
What is an "informed consent form"?
100
The score that appears most frequently in a list of scores.
What is the "mode"?
100
A completed study that reports an investigation or exploration of problem.
What is a "research report"?
100
Questions for which researchers do not provide the response options.
What is an "open-ended question"?
200
Identifies variables, their relationships, and the participants and site for research.
What is "quantitative purpose statement"?
200
A tool for measuring in research.
What is an "instrument"?
200
The total of the scores divided by the number of scores.
What is the "mean"?
200
Process of assigning individuals at random to groups or to different groups in an experiment.
What is "random assignment"?
200
A variable used to make a forecast about an outcome in correlational research.
What is a "predictor variable"?
300
an attribute or characteristic that is influenced by the independent variable.
What is a "dependent variable"?
300
The development of sound evidence to demonstrate that the intended test interpretation matches the proposed purpose of the test.
What is "validity"?
300
Square root of the variance.
What is the "standard deviation"?
300
A measure on some attribute or characteristic that is assessed for participants in an experiment after a treatment.
What is a "posttest"?
300
When grounded theorists select one open-coding category, positions it at the center of the process being explored, and then related other categories to it.
What is "axial coding"?
400
Individuals who will read and potentially use information provided in a research study.
What is an "audience"?
400
When individual scores from an instrument should be nearly the same or stable on repeated administrations of the instrument.
What is "reliability"?
400
A calculated score that enables a researcher to compare scores from different scales.
What is a "standard score"?
400
A variable the researcher controls before the experiment starts by dividing the participants into subgroups and analyzing the impact of each subgroup on the outcome.
What is a "blocking variable"?
400
Themes of basic information identified in the data by the researcher and used to understand a process.
What is "categories in grounded theory designs"?
500
The first sentence in a research report that draws readers into a study by peaking interest.
What is a "narrative hook"?
500
A response scale in which participants check a response option with a true zero and equal distances between units.
What is a "ratio scale"?
500
Potential weaknesses or problems with the study identified by the researcher.
What is a "limitation"?
500
The process of identifying one or more personal characteristics that influence the outcome and assigning individuals with that characteristic equally to the experimental and control groups.
What is "matching"?
500
In narrative research when an inquirer actively involves the participant in the inquiry as it unfolds.