This broad type of research involves analysis of statistics and other numerical data.
What is quantitative research.
100
This term describes a subset of the population that is to be studied.
What is a sample.
100
This is the variable that the researcher can directly manipulate.
What is the independent variable.
100
This level of measurement communicates greater and less than relationships.
What is ordinal.
200
This is a summary and critique of relevant scholarly work related to the research question:
What is a literature review.
200
This study design collects data over an extended period of time.
What is a longitudinal study.
200
This function of statistics allows us to make inferences about large populations using samples.
What are inferential statistics.
200
This is the term for what describes how a variable will be measured and defined.
What is an operational definition.
200
This level of measurement includes an absolute zero.
What is ratio.
300
A researcher should base the formulation of hypotheses on information gained from this:
What is a literature review.
300
This type of design is a "snapshot" of a phenomenon at one point in time.
What is a cross-sectional study.
300
This type of research involves looking at the extent to which differences in one variable are related to differences in one or more other variables.
What is correlational research.
300
This variable represents an indirect relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
What is a mediating variable.
300
This level of measurement can only be described using the mode.
What is nominal.
400
This right states that researchers are to keep the nature and quality of individual participation and performance confidential unless they are granted permission in writing not to do so.
What is the right to privacy.
400
This type of research uses a "bottom-up" approach, making inferences based on specific examples.
What is qualitative research.
400
Statistical significance is commonly measured by a p-value of less than this amount:
What is .05
400
This states that there is no consistent relationship between the variables in the study.
What is the null hypothesis.
400
Region & race are examples of this level of measurement.
What is nominal.
500
This is a group of scholars and researchers that ensure that appropriate research procedures are followed and that there is not excessive harm to participants.
What is an institutional review board.
500
This type of historical research design focuses on setting down events in the order in which they occurred.
What is chronology.
500
This is the erroneous conclusion that a result was NOT due to chance, when in fact it was.
What is Type 1 Error.
500
This is the phrase a researcher would use when they find a statistically significant relationship between their variables.
What is "rejection of the null hypothesis".
500
The goal of this is to identify the value that is the best representation of your data.