Colleen-isms
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S
Lab Rats
Your Friend's Hamster
The Legos of it All (Building Blocks of Research Design)
100
Research based on observation or experience rather than on theory or logic
What is empirical evidence
100
The group of people who consider human beings as subjects or participants in a study
What is IRB
100
A group of subjects who receive the treatment in an experimental study
What is experimental group
100
A genre of qualitative research used to study people's lives through their stories
What is narrative inquiry
100
A genre of qualitative research used to study a single event, activity, or process over an extended time period
What is case study
200
A basic set of beliefs that guide action
What is epistemology
200
A journal dedicated to the research of music education (and a politically fueled journal)
What is JRME
200
In an experimental study, those subjects who receive some type of placebo factor in place of the treatment
What is control group
200
A genre of qualitative research used to study the essence of human relationships
What is phenomenology
200
Statistical procedure that compares two or more group means after adjusting for a control variable or covariate such as a pre-test
What is ANCOVA
300
Acronym for American Education Research Association
What is AERA
300
A method of analysis when there is more than one dependent variable in a study
What is MANOVA
300
A parametric test used to determine statistical difference between two means
What is T test
300
A genre of qualitative research used to study in tact cultural groups in natural settings
What is ethnography
300
A collection and synthesis of research studies related to a particular topic.
What is literature review
400
A genre of qualitative or mixed methods research used to study events without the constraints of formal research design
What is action research
400
Dissertation publishing (ProQuest)
What is UMI
400
A measure of central tendency, it is the average of a set of numbers
What is mean
400
A genre of qualitative research used to study theories grounded in the view of the participants
What is grounded theory
400
An outcome variable or measure that is hypothesized to be affected by the independent or treatment variable
What is dependent variable
500
One should NEVER say this word in reference to a research study's findings.
What is prove
500
Professional organization for research in music education (HINT: It's a council)
What is CRME
500
The degree to which something actually measures or does what is intended to do
What is validity
500
What the individual researcher brings to the study (their background, knowledge, and experiences)
What is researcher insight
500
Variable that is manipulated (includes organismic and attribute)
What is independent variable
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