Quantitative Methods
The definition of Quantitative Methods.
What is the collection and analysis of data that is quantifiable and in numeric form?
If a variable measures what you intend to measure.
What is validity?
What is a variable?
The first 'golden rule' of research ethics.
What is 'do no harm'?
What is participant observation?
Type of sampling in which everyone in the population has an equal chance of being selected.
What is random sampling?
A measure of how useful the results of a study are for a broader group of people or situations.
What is generalizability?
The variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment; value changes in response to another variable.
What is the dependent variable?
The concept that all people deserve the right to exercise their autonomy in making decisions
What is 'respect for persons?'
A one-to-one data collection session between a researcher and a participant.
What is a qualitative research interview?
This method is the most rigorous way to test whether some X causes some Y.
What is an experiment?
My scale gives me a different reading every time I get on it despite my weight not changing. My scale is _____
What is unreliable?
Variable that stands alone and isn't changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.
What is the independent variable?
The rule whereby subjects know they are participating in a study and what the study will generally consist of
What is "informed consent?"
Data that is non-numerical language-based data collected through interviews, open questions, and content analysis.
What is qualitative methods?
Type of sample where the researcher can calculate the probability that everyone in the population will have been selected.
What is probability sampling?
Turning abstract concepts into measurable observations
What is operationalization?
Anything that is held constant or limited in a research study.
Participant's identities are protected even if they have committed a crime.
What is "protection of confidentiality?"
A recruitment technique in which research participants are asked to assist researchers identifying other potential subjects
What is snowball sampling?
In a true experiment, this is randomized.
What is the independent variable?
The consistency of a measure; getting the same repeated result under the same conditions.
What is reliability?
A situation where what you thought was the cause is actually the effect and vise versa
What is reverse causality?
Groups of faculty and administrators at universities who examine research proposals to ensure ethical guidelines are followed.
What are "institutional review boards?"
A variety of techniques used to obtain an in-depth analysis of a person, group, or phenomenon
What is a case study?