Research Terms

2. The degree of consistency.
5. Attributes or characteristics that can have more than one value, such as height or weight. Variables are qualities or quantities, properties or characteristics of people, things, or situations that change or vary.
8. Variables that are purposely manipulated or changed by the researcher. It is also called as “MANIPULATED VARIABLE”.
10. The variable that changes as a result of the independent variable manipulation
11. Units of information or any statistics, facts, figures, general material, evidence, or knowledge collected during the course of the study.
12. A test under controlled conditions made to demonstrate a known truth, to examine the validity of a hypothesis, or to determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
13. Which is also known as the average, is the total sum of values in a sample divided by the number of values in your sample.
14. The shortcomings and weaknesses of your study, based on practical or theoretical constraints that you faced.
15. The entire set of individuals or objects having some common characteristic(s) selected for a research study.
17. A statement of the predicted relationship between two or more variables in a research study; an educated or calculated guess by the researcher.

1. A list of questions or items used to gather data from respondents about their attitudes, experiences, or opinions.
3. The accuracy of a measure.
4. A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.
6. A clear, concise summary that communicates the essential information about the study. In research journals, it is usually located at the beginning of an article..
7. The choices that you made in terms of the focus and scope of your research aims and research questions.
9. A part or subset of the population selected to participate in the research study.
10. Meaning of a word, text, concept or action.
16. Formulated to explain, predict, and understand phenomena and, in many cases, to challenge and extend existing knowledge within the limits of critical bounded assumptions or predictions of behavior.