Statistics
average of a group of numbers
mean
People who have a shared interest
Stakeholder
what people say about something not proven by hard experimental research
anecdotal
value, ethic, deep grounded culture
axiolgoy
paradigm most commonly associated with qualitative research methods
constructivism
the measure of how well a scale or test shows what its suppose to show
validity
researchers using what is being said or written
qualitative studies
prediction yet to be tested
hypothesis
ways of being
ontology
There is one reality that can be observed measured and understood
positivism
most frequent
mode
studies of information that people give in numbers or in a way that can be numbered
quantitative studies
solve practical promblems
applied research
ways of knowing
epistemology
a statistical test used to evaluate the size and difference between 2 means
t-test
all the scores from lowest to highest
range
an experiment that does not require random assignment to conditions, and there is no "comparison" or "control group"
quasi-experimental design
study of language in society
social linguistics
a framework in which to view reality
paradigm
Research that finds out how often and where something shows up
descriptive study
the measure of how wide the range of value is
variance
a kind of study that controls the circumstances of the research and measures the results exactly
experimental design
The people who receive the treatment being studied
experimental group
something that may lead a researcher to wrong conclusion
bias
the variable that is being tested or measured
dependent variable