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Objectivity |
Impartiality and value-free judgement |
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Hypothesis |
A testable statement which sets out exactly what is to be measured and exactly how |
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Generalisability |
The extent to which the findings can be applied to other people and contexts |
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Reliability |
Consistence of measure |
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Replicability |
A study can be done again and again. There's enough information to repeat it fully and compare findings to the original |
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Validity
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Whether the research is measuring what it intends to measure |
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Reductionism |
Simplifying or fragmenting a phenomenom |
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Falsification |
Being able to prove a theory is false |
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Empiricism |
Knowledge can only be gathered through sensory experience |
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Controls |
Tools put in place in a study to make sure that only what is of interest is affecting the findings of a study, not other issues or variables.
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