Research General
A systematic investigation to contribute to generalizable knowledge.
What is research or the scientific method?
Hypothesis
What is another name for prediction?
An objective of quantitative methods
To test a theory
Prove
What is a word that should not be used to describe results of a study?
Refers to the administrative body established to protect study participants
What is the institutional review board (IRB)?
A summary of previously published works on a specific topic.
What is a literature review?
Temporal Precedence
What is one criterion for determining that X causes Y?
Data collected by researcher
What is primary data?
Applied research
What is research that is done specifically to solve a real-world problem? (like increasing classroom performance or decreasing inattentiveness while driving)
The Tuskegee Study prompted the development of these principles
What are the Belmont Principles (Principles of Ethical Research)?
When it is considered a quasi-experiment, not experiment.
What is when participants are NOT randomly assigned to groups (and typically random sampling)?
Confirmation bias
What is asking questions in order to get answers that support what we already believe?
Design that allows for causal inference
What is an experiment?
Two biases of prediction
What are being swayed by a good story and being persuaded by what comes easily to mind?
Principle describing the need for informed consent
The process of assessing the quality of a manuscript before it is published by experts.
What is the peer-review process?
Confounds
What is one name for unexpected factors that could explain significant results?
Refers to a characteristic of a sample describing how comparable it is to the population.
What is sample representativeness/generalization?
Scale of measurement that has a zero value
What is a ratio scale of measurement?
To protect the privacy interests of participants, separate names from data
What is confidentiality?
What are the two main types of sampling techniques?
Empiricism
What is the approach of collecting data and using it to develop, support, and/or challenge a theory?
Measuring the relationship between two variables.
What is a correlational study?
Scale of measurement where variables have an order, the difference between two variables is equal, but no zero
What is an interval scale of measurement?
Research that is not considered to be under IRB oversight
What is "IRB-exempt"? Also ok: What is research not dealing with humans or education/class studies.