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| The summary of a research article |
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| Measures for which the possibile responses have no particular order |
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| Any stematic review of documents or other media |
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| Participants of an experiment that are not exposed to the independent variable |
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| A sample in which any available person is included in the study |
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| The variable that is predicted to lead to a change as a result of the independent variable |
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| A form of field research that includes a descriptive analysis of a group or organization |
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| A type of quantitative research procedure in which investigators control participants' exposure to an independent variable |
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| Participants of an experiment that are exposed to an independent variable |
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| A form of qualitative study in which researchers directly observe people's behavior |
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| Semistructured interviews with small groups of people |
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| Specific statements about how variables will relate to one another in a research study |
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| The variable predicted to lead to a change in the dependent variable |
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| A qualitative research method employing an unstructured or semistructured series of questions |
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| A series of related questions |
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| Internal Review Boards (IRBs) |
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| Groups that ensure that the benefits of a research project outweigh any potential harm to research participants |
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| A type of variable in which the difference between any two adjacent values is the same |
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| Those in which the experiences and behaviors of participants are monitored in a controlled laboratory setting |
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| Natural or field experiments |
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| Those that take place in people's everday environments |
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| Translating a concept into something that can be measured |
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| Variables for which response categories are ordered by the distances between adjacent categories anre not necessarily equal |
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| A form of qualitative research in which a researcher becomes a member of the group being studied |
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| The larger group of people about whom a researcher seeks to draw conclusions |
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| A measure of the dependent variable after exposure to the independent variable in an experiment |
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| A measure of the dependent variable before participants are exposed to the independent variable in an experiment |
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| Samples in which researchers choose participants systematically in an attempt to ensure that they are representative of the population |
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| Qualitative research methods |
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| In-depth, semistructured modes of observation or interviewing of subjects |
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| Any research method that attempts to precisely measure people's thoughts, feelings, or behavior |
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| Assigning participants of an experiment to different levels of an independent variable on a random basis |
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| A sample in which participants are randomly picked from a population |
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| Interval variables that have a zero starting point |
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| A group of people drawn for use in a study |
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| A list of all possible elements in the population |
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| Words used to find articles on a topic during a literature review |
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| The analysis of previously collected survey data |
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| Samples in which informants provide contact information about other people who share some of the characteristics necessary for a study |
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| Organized sets of propositions about how various elements of social life are related to one another |
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| The probability that the results found in the sample reflect the true relationships within the population of interest |
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| The use of questionnaires to measure independent and dependent variables |
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| Concepts that are put into a measurable form |
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