Definitions
This type of research provides a quantitative or numerical description of trends, attitudes, or opinions of a population by studying a sample of that population.
What is survey research?
A characteristic that can be measured or observed and that varies among the people or organization being studied.
What is a variable?
How accurately the study provides knowledge that can be applied outside of the study is known as.
What is external validity?
A design where there is manipulation of the independent variable but no control group is known as.
What is Quasi-Experimental design?
Reactivity effects refer to the responses of subjects being studied. _______________ is another term sometimes used to describe this same concept.
What is Hawthorne Effect?
These variables are the outcomes of the influence of the independent variable.
What are dependent variables?
How accurate the results are within the study itself is known as.
What is internal validity?
An experimental design that includes an observation both before and after the intervention is known as.
What is a pre-test, post-test design?
________ refers to whether scores to items are internally consistent.
What is reliability?
Variables that cause, influence, or affects outcomes.
What are independent variables?
History is known as a threat to what type of validity?
What is internal validity?
A combination of methods in relation to function, time, and control is known as.
What is mixed methods design?
A procedure used in quantitative research for selecting participants; each individual has a equal probability in being selected from the population, reflecting a true representation.
What is random Sampling?
Control within the data collection process can be imposed by:
A. Including a control group
B. Minimizing error
C. Creating comparison groups
D. All of the above
What is D (all of the above)?
The validity of a study refers to its (select all that apply):
A. Results
B. Accuracy
C. Relationships
D. Correctness
What is accuracy and correctness (B and D)?
Data collected over time is called.
What is longitudinal data?