Research Methods & Madness
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Data Mattas
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Describe & Infer
100
Reviewing the Literature, Generating a Research Question, Developing a Plan
What is the Research Plan?
100

Questions on a survey that have only "yes" or "no" options.

What are closed-ended questions/formats?

100
Numerical or other information represented in a form suitable for processing by a computer.
What is data?
100
The number of individuals, items or events selected from a population for a study.
What is the sample?
100
The amount of spread among scores.
What is variance?
200
Distortion of research data that renders the data suspect or invalid and may occur due to characteristics of the researcher, the respondent or the research design itself.
What is bias?
200

A self-administered method of data collection used in surveys.

What is a questionnaire?

200
In quantitative research, there is much less direct interaction between researcher and participants in regard to this than there is in qualitative research.
What is data collection?
200
A group of participants who either receive a different treatment than the experimental group or are treated as usual.
What is a control group?
200
A measure of variability that is stable and takes into account every score in a distribution. The square root of the variance.
What is standard deviation?
300

In a study of the effectiveness of a new teaching technique, the group of students who does not receive the new teaching technique.

What is the control group?

300

The portion of a survey/questionnaire that asks general background information about the participants.

What are demographics?

300

A series of statements about a phenomenon where respondents are asked to rate their level of agreement.

What is a Likert Scale?

300
This sampling method ensures representation of relevant subgroups.
What is stratified sampling?
300
A degree to which we can generalize results or apply to groups and environments outside of the experimental setting.
What is external validity?
400
The rejection of a null hypthesis that is actually true.
What is Type 1 error?
400

When researchers try their questionnaire with a small sample similar to the intended group of respondents.

What is pilot testing?

400

P is < 0.05

What is probability level?

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What is confidence level?

400
A researcher stands outside a bar and asks patrons about their attitudes toward alcohol. This is an example of,
What is sampling bias?
400

A graphical method of displaying frequency data.

What is a histogram?

500

In this type of design, only the participants are unaware of the hypothesis of the study and to which group they are assigned.

What is single-blinded randomized control study (RTC) ?

500

A survey technique which uses a panel of experts who are asked to complete several rounds of questionnaires about a topic to reach consensus

What is a Delphi survey?

500

r = -0.9

What is a negative correlation? 

What is as one score goes up the other goes down?

500
A technique for equating sample groups on one or more variables, resulting in each member of one group having a direct counterpart in another group.
What is matching?
500
Data analysis techniques for determining how likely it is that results obtained from a sample or samples are the same results that would have been obtained for the entire population.
What are inferential statistics?
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