Half-Term Review: Practical Investigation Preview

2. The participant's right to stop taking part without penalty.
6. A self-report instrument consisting of written questions answered by participants.
8. The consistency of a research measure or finding.
9. A structured account of an investigation containing its introduction, method, results and discussion.
11. Protecting participants' identifiable information from unauthorised disclosure.
12. A sampling technique in which participants are selected because they are readily available to the researcher.
14. Deliberately misleading participants or withholding relevant information about a study.
15. An uncontrolled factor that varies systematically with the independent variable and offers an alternative explanation for the results.
16. The extent to which a measure accurately captures what it is intended to measure.

1. A testable prediction about the expected relationship or difference between variables.
3. A review of existing research used to establish background knowledge and justify a new investigation.
4. A small preliminary trial used to identify problems before the main investigation.
5. Numerical data that can be analysed statistically.
7. Explaining the investigation to participants afterwards and addressing their concerns.
10. Voluntary agreement to participate after receiving sufficient relevant information.
13. Defining precisely how a variable will be measured or manipulated.