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• COMMON TERMS USED IN

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• Regearch


  Applied Research
• Applied Research


  The research that is conducted to formulate knowledge with the aim of improving a certain practice or method
• Basic Research


  The research that examines theories Or concepts
• Concepts


  The building blocks or important components of theories
• Definition (A)


  Tells the researcher what a concept means in abstract or theoretical terms
• Definition (A)


  The basic meaning found in dictionaries
• Control Group


  The one that does not undergo the treatment in experiments
• Correlation


  The relationship between variables but not limited to cause-effect
• Data


  Pieces of information; can be found in the form of numbers or words
• Deductive Reasoning


  The basis for quantitative research and is influenced by premises
• Dependent Variable


  The concept that the researcher is most interested or concerned about; the quality he/she is studying
• Descriptive Study


  A research design that illustrates "what is", e.g. a survey
• Experiments


  A research design employed to determine "cause effect" relationships
• Experimental Group


  The one that undergoes the treatment in experiments
• External Validity


  Type of validity that tells how generalizable the findings are even outside of the study since it concerns other population
• Extraneous Variable


  A variable that may affect or contaminate the data
• Heterogeneous


  A group whose members are very different or varied
• Homogenous


  A group whose members are very similar
• Hypothesis


  A statement proposed by the researcher expressing the relationship between or among the variables
• Independent Variable


  The concept being studied that usually tells the researcher about the influence or cause the one that the researcher is manipulating or controlling
• Inductive Reasoning


  The basis for qualitative research approach
• Internal Validity


  A type of validity that tells the extent to which a study measures what is supposed to (accuracy only within the study)
• Measures of Central Tendency

  Averages (e.g, mean, median, mode), most
• Measures of Variability


  Spread (e.g, standard deviation)
• Mean


  The arithmetic average
• Median


  The middle where half the scores fall above, half below; disregards the presence of outliers
• Mode


  The score that occurs the most
• Operational Definition


  The definition that tells how a term is used in a certain study
• Principal Investigator


  The person who is responsible for the research
• Population


  Group of items characterized by its similar interest
• Random


  Something that happens by chance
• Qualitative


  A research design that uses narrative data
• Quantitative


  A research design that uses data with numerical values or representations
• Random Sample


  A sample wherein everybody has the same chance of being assigned to any group
• Research


  Systematic, unbiased way to acquire facts
• Research Design


  The game plan or method the researchers use to find out what they want to know
• Relationship


  The connection or bond between two variables
• Sample


  Smaller group that characterizes a large population
• Standard Deviation


  A measure of spread; tells the researcher about the average deviation of a group of scores from the mean