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something that can change
What is a variable
what is a sample
the extent to which members of a sample are chosen purely by chance
randomness
What is the mean?
a type of research in which the experimental changes one variable to see how it will effect another variable
What is experimental research?
a group comprised of taking a random sample from each of several sub-groups to ensure an even distribution of characteristics within the group to be tested
What is a stratified sample?
a type of research that measures the relationship of two existing variables without the experimenter making changes
What is correlational research?
A type of study in which the researcher becomes part of the group being studied to get an in-depth view of how the group functions
What is ethnography?
When a teacher tries a technique or strategy in his/her own classroom to see if it works for him or her
What is action research?
the center number in a set of data
What is the median?
the most common number in a set of data
What is the mode?
the degree to which change in two or more variables is common
What is correlation?
An aspect of an educational setting that a researcher changes
What is an independent variable?
the degree to which a study, intentionally or unintentionally, favours one outcome over another
What is bias?
The degree to which we can believe that the results of a study are not due to chance
a number that describes the correlational value of two variables
What is a correlational coefficient?
an aspect of an educational setting that changes in response to a change in the independent variable
a measure of how far distant groupings of numbers are from the mean
What is standard deviation?
A type of cooperative learning in which students are given material to learn and tested on it and then come together to share their knowledge as they are tested as a group
What is student teams achievement divisions?
a type of cooperative learning in which students choose what they will learn about, learn the material, and then teach it to others
What is group investigation?