General Terms
This term describes when participants are sorted into groups without a definite pattern.
What is random assignment?
An in-depth study of one person or situation.
What is a case study?
A prediction of what will happen in a research study.
What is a hypothesis?
This term describes an individual whose data is recorded as part of the research project.
What is a subject?
Research that takes measurements and makes calculations.
What is quantitative research?
This happens after researchers have asked a research question and suggested a potential answer, but before information is analyzed.
What is data collection?
This part of a research project is either independent or dependent, and is manipulated or observed (respectively) to find potential cause and effect relationships.
What is a variable?
Used to determine effects of an intervention/therapy/teaching method where the researcher alternates between implementing the I/T/TM and observing business as usual.
What is ABAB experimental design?
This is an integrated statement of principles that guides new research projects.
What is a theory?
A statistical description or relationship between two variables.
What is a correlation?
This kind of research describes experiences of groups of different-aged individuals at one point of data collection.
What is cross-sectional research?
This occurs when a research project is finished and ready to be shared with the public.
What is publication?
A kind of grouping in research that uses naturally existing, not random, groups.
What is quasi-experimental?
This kind of research uses quantitative and qualitative methods in data collection.
What is mixed-methods research?
An established relationship between factors, occurring after numerous studies have pointed to the same conclusions.
What is a principle?