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| - fails to accept the null hypothesis, which means accepting the alternative “there is a difference between the ……. |
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| - the study of health and disease in human populations |
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| - the hypothesis of no difference; assumes that there are no statistically significant differences between the population groups; the statement upon which statistical analysis is based |
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| - a trial run of a planned research on a small sample (used to determine feasibility and practicality). |
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| - a process used to verify the conditions of a theory developed through induction; theory is segmented into units that can be observed, measured, and tested independently through experimentation. |
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| - the observation of facts and their organization into a method of explaining phenomena in the real world (theory). |
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| - a non-experimental type of research that attempts to gather information by describing present conditions |
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| - Anything (a state, condition, concept, or event) that can be measured or manipulated in a study |
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