This is the overall, broad subject matter that a study addresses.
What is a research topic?
100
This is an attribute or characteristic that influences or affects an outcome or dependent variable.
What is an independent variable?
100
This is the first step of the process of research.
What is identifying a research problem?
100
The misrepresentation of facts related to the purpose, nature, or consequences of a research study.
What is deception?
100
A group of individuals who have the same characteristic.
What is a population?
200
This is the major intent or objective of a research study.
What is purpose?
200
This is an attribute or characteristic that is influenced by the independent variable.
What is a dependent variable?
200
This is the second step of the process of research.
What is reviewing the literature?
200
Committee made up of faculty members who review and approve the research so that the research protects the rights of the participants.
What is an Internal Review Board (IRB)?
200
A subgroup of the population that the researcher plans to study for generalizing about the target population.
What is a sample?
300
These narrow the purpose into specific inquiries that the research would like answered or addressed.
What are research questions?
300
This is an attribute or characteristis that the researcher cannot directly measure b/c their effects cannot easily be separated from other variables.
What is a confounding (spurious) variable?
300
This is the third step of the process of research.
What is specifying a purpose for research?
300
The intentional misrepresentation of research results by making up data, such as that reported in a journal article.
What is fabrication?
300
The difference between the sample estimate and the true population score.
What is sampling error?
400
This is a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue.
What is research?
400
This is an attribute or characteristic that stands between the independent and dependent variables and exercises influence on the dependent variable apart from the independent variable.
What is an intervening variable?
400
This is the fifth step of the process of research.
What is analyzing and interpreting the data?
400
The practice of omitting or altering research materials, equipment, data, or processes in such a way that the results of the research are no longer accurately reflected in the research.
What is falsification?
400
Selecting participants for the sample so that every individual has an equal opportunity of being selected from the population.
What is simple random sampling?
500
This is the educational issue, controversy, or concern that guide the need for conducting a study.
What is a research problem?
500
This is a characteristic or attribute of an individual or organization that can be measured or observed by the researcher.
What is a variable?
500
This is the sixth step of the process of research.
What is reporting and evaluating the research?
500
Using someone else’s work without giving them credit for the information.
What is plagiarism?
500
When you choose every nth individual until you reach your desired sample size.