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33 Cards in this Set
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Research |
A systematic, objective, and comprehensive investigation of a certain phenomena |
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Phenomena |
Occurence Experience Unusual Event |
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Applied Research Applied Research Applied Research Applied Research Applied Research Applied Research |
There is an output or product at the end |
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Basic Research |
Uses informal type of Research |
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Co-Relational Research |
Relating two variables with each other (x and y) |
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Descriptive Research |
Describes something |
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Ethnographic Research |
Study about a certain group |
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Experimental Research |
Very Systematic and follows a certain procedure |
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Exploratory Research |
To explore the things |
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Grounded Theory |
Battle between theory and law |
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Historical Research |
Concerned with the past important events |
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Quantitative Research |
A systematic investigation of quantitative properties & phenomena and their relationship. Asks narrow questions and collects numerical data to analyze it. |
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Statistical Method |
Includes descriptive and inferential. |
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Descriptive Statistics |
mean, median, mode, and standard deviation. |
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Inferential Statistics |
T-test and ANOVAS |
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Variables |
Any entity that can take on Different Values Something that can be changed and aren't always numerical or 'quantitative' |
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Attributes |
Sub-values (specific values) of a Variable |
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Descriptive Variables |
Those which will be reported on without relating them to anything |
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Categorical Variables |
Results from a selection of categories such as 'agree' and 'disagree' Can categorized as nominal, ordinal, dichotomus, and polychotomous |
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Numeric Variables |
Gives a Number |
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Discrete Variables |
Numeric Variables that has limited sets of numbers |
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Continuous Variables |
Numeric Variables that can take on any value such as weight ang length |
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Nominal Variables |
Variables that has two or more categories but xoes not have an intrinsic order |
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Ordinal Variables |
Have two or more categories that can be ordered or ranked |
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Dichotomous Variables |
Strictly has two categories or level |
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Polychotomous Variables |
Variables that have many categories |
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Independent Variable |
Being manipulated in an investigation |
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Dependent Variable |
Object of investigation |
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Predictor Variables |
Variables that changes another variable in a non-experimental study |
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Criterion Variables |
Influenced by the predictor variable |
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Univariate Study |
One variable being studied |
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Bivariate Study |
Two variables being studied |
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Poly variate study |
More than two variables being studied |
