Research Basics
This is both the cause of the independent and dependent variable
What is spuriousness?
This category of research deals with things that do not math well.
What is Qualitative research?
This is the term when the data measured is consistent.
What is reliability?
The research question shapes this element of research (E.g. individual, people, schools).
What is the unit of analysis?
Race or Ethnicity is this level of measurement
What is nominal?
This type of research deals with program efficacy.
What is Evaluative research?
This category of research focuses on things that "math good" (has a meaningful mean, median and mode)
What is Quantitative research
This is the term for when the data or thing measured is true.
What is valid?
This approach to research begins with specific evidence and moves towards generalizations, patterns and summary ideas.
What is inductive research?
A Likert scale would fall under this level of measurement
What is Ordinal?
This type of research typically is performed on a topic that has been previously researched and deals with the details of the topic.
What is descriptive research?
This type of research method deals with the product of human beings
What is non-reactive measures?
This type of statistical principle is theoretically based.
What is sampling distributions?
This approach to research begins with a summary idea, general pattern or "educated guess".
What is deductive?
This level of measurement "maths well"
What is Interval-ratio?
This type of research deals with "why" questions about a topic.
What is Explanatory research?
This type of knowledge is typically gained through breaking social norms.
what is tacit knowledge?
This type of statistical principle is unknown.
What is a population parameter
This study design element deals with the scale of your study
What is level of analysis?
A index would typically fall into this level of measurement.
What is Pseudo Interval-Ratio?