Research Methods

4. An ethical issue
5. The extent to which any variable is held constant or regulated by a researcher
6. Small scale trial run of the main study
7. A research method that involves face to face subtraction with another individual and results in the collection of data
10. The effect of an interviewers expectations, communicated unconsciously, on a respondents behaviour
12. Study of a single person, institution =or event

1. The most frequently occurring score in a data
2. The loss of participants from a study over time which is likely to leave a biased sample or a sample which is too small
3. May raise as many problems as it solves
6. Scrutiny of research papers by experts to determine scientific validity
8. The difference between the highest and lowest score in a data set
9. controlled environment and it will often lack mundane realism
11. The degree to which results can be generalised beyond the research setting