Polit and Beck 3 and 4

1. a term referring to the building blocks of theories
3. a variable that explains why the relationship exits between independent and dependent variable
6. query researchers want to answer
9. predicts the existence of relationship but not their direction
11. a hypothesis that predicts the direction of relationship
12. strength of relationship between dependent and independent variable
13. includes a statement of predicted population parameters
14. presumed cause of the dependent variable
15. refers to a variable the research intends to explain
16. a statement that summarizes overall study goal
17. these are the people who participate in a study
19. expresses absence of relationship

1. variable with distinct category that do not represent a quantity
2. variable with finite number of values between two points
4. this is the information collected during a study
5. a variable with an infinite range of values eg weight
7. group with limited variability
8. groups with varied attributes
10. a hypothesis term that is opposite of a simple hypothesis
16. a statement that articulate nature, content and significance
18. a type of hypothesis that explains prediction relationship one independent variable and one dependent