Research
Variables
Quantitative Sampling
Scales of Measurement
Research Designs
100
The broad subject matter of a research study
What is a research topic
100
Influences or affects the outcome
What is an independent variable?
100
Randomly selecting a sample from a population to represent population.
What is random selection?
100
Categorical; No order
What is nominal?
100
Tests an idea to determine if it influences an outcome.
What is an experimental design?
200
A general issue or concern addressed in research that narrows the topic
What is a research problem?
200
Influenced by the independent variable.
What is a dependent variable?
200
Randomly assigning individuals to groups within a study.
What is random assignment?
200
Categorical with implied order; Rank order
What is ordinal?
200
Used to describe, analyze, and interpret a culture-sharing group's shared patterns.
What is an ethnographic design?
300
The major intent or objective of a study that addresses the research problem
What is a research purpose?
300
Variable that stands between independent and dependent variables and exercises influence upon the dependent variable.
What is an intervening variable?
300
Assigning each participant a number and using a random numbers table to select participants.
What is simple random sampling?
300
Assumed equal distance between options
What is interval?
300
Used to predict outcomes and explain the relationship between variables.
What is correlational design?
400
Narrows the research purpose into a specific question or questions.
What is a research question?
400
Cannot be directly measured because effects are not easily separated from those of other variables.
What is a confounding variable?
400
Choosing every nth person until reaching desired sample size.
What is systematic sampling?
400
Equal distance between values with a "true zero".
What is ratio?
400
Does not involve a treatment but describes trends in data and helps to learn about a population rather than relating variables.
What is a survey design?
500
Used when population reflects imbalance on a characteristic.
What is stratified sampling?
500
Qualitative research used to describe lives of individuals.
What is a narrative design?
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