Anatomy of an abstract
Summary of a study, found at the beginning of a research article or listing of research presentations.
What is an abstract?
In experimental-type design, independent variable is withheld from these participants.
What is the Control Group?
.05, .01, or .001
What are Alpha (or Probability) Levels?
Experiments that have treatments, and outcome measures but do not use random assignment.
What is quasi-experimental research
Diverse in character or content.
What is heterogeneous?
Statement that articulates the specific purpose or reason for conducting the research study; identifies goals of the study.
What is Purpose Statement?
In a research article, the critical evaluation of materials already published.
What is the literature review?
"Score" or "value" interpreted to determine if research results are statistically significant.
What is p value?
Nonexperimental designs used to measure primarily characteristics of a population, usually through mail, phone, interview.
What is survey research?
Notation to represent the number of participants in a study.
What is "n = " ?
Part of abstract where the study is summarized and explained.
What is Discussion Section?
In experimental-type design study, participants who receive the intervention.
What is Treatment Group?
Suggests the differences in group mean scores are true and not a fluke.
What is Statistical Significance?
Classic two-group design in which participants are randomly selected and assigned to experimental or control group condition.
What is true experimental design?
Alike; of the same kind.
What is homogeneous?
Section of a research abstract describing the participants, procedures, and technology used in a research study.
What is Methods Section?
Prediction that there will be no difference between control and treatment groups.
What is the null hypothesis?
The level against which the probability statistic is compared to determine if a result is statistically significant.
What is Alpha Level?
Data consist of words in the form of interviews, diaries, journals, newspapers.
What is qualitative research?
Prediction that there WILL be a difference between control and treatment groups.
What is the alternative hypothesis?
Part of abstract where the outcomes of the study are reported.
What is Results Section?
Part of a research article that reports on the outcomes of the analyses performed on the collected data.
What is results section?
Magnitude of the differences among dependent variables.
What is Effect Size?
Study in which each participant treated and results analyzed individually.
What is single-subject research?
Research that records outcomes related to a specific topic with no manipulation of the independent variable.
What is observational research?