Research Process and Descriptive Statistics
The average of a data set.
What is the mean?
Test comparing means of 2 groups.
What is a t-test?
In research, a variable whose value depends on another variable.
What is a dependent variable?
Provides opportunities for researchers to examine how two variables relate to one another.
What is a correctional study?
A model with clinical training as the primary focus and it also emphasizes the utility of research in the practice of counseling.
What is the practitioner-scholar model?
The abbreviation for standard deviation.
What does SD stand for?
Test for relationship between 2 variables.
What is correlation?
In research, a variable whose value does not dependent on another variable.
What is an independent variable?
Combines the benefits of experimental design with the study of individual or one person case in order to identify a functional relationship
What is a single-case research design?
A profession in which practitioners conceptualize training and philosophical views of wellness, mental health, and well-being as primary functions of a working relationship.
What is counseling?
This can create a more intimate understanding of the process by giving the researcher firsthand experience with the methods and procedures used.
What is a research participant?
A p = .003, means you do this with the null hypothesis.
What is reject the null hypothesis?
Scale that maintains an ordered sequence with equidistant values; a true zero (the absence of a phenomenon) is NOT possible
What is an interval variable?
A systematic method of identifying themes in narrative data using a word or short phrase.
What is coding?
An approach in research based on the premise that knowledge is generated by individual perception of reality.
What is constructivism?
A systematic process in counseling where each step informs the next.
What is research?
A result is significant when this value is less than < 0.05.
What is a p-value?
A guiding description that provides a framework for which measures may be developed in order to evaluate or measure a construct.
What is a operational definition?
Combines both quantitative and qualitative methods.
What is mix methods research?
An approach in research with the premise that knowledge is generated from what can be observed and measured.
What is quantitative research?
This literature typically consists of peer-reviewed articles that have been reviewed and critiqued by other scholars within the profession prior to publication.
What is reviewing the literature or peer review literature?
A p-value of .08 means you do this with the null hypothesis.
What is fail to reject the null hypothesis?
This variable can confound a research study and distort the findings.
What is a third or extraneous variable?
Tests the linear relationship between a predictor variable and a criterion variable (one of each)?
What is a regression model?
The Boulder model developed in 1949 that emphasizes psychologists and other social science professionals should adhere to the scientific method when engaging in applied practices.
What is the scientist-practitioner model?