Scientific and Technological Research - Important Concepts

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Across
  1. 7. Type of research conducted in response to an outside request.
  2. 10. Variables or conditions that the researcher has direct or indirect control to test their effects. (Singular)
  3. 12. Research that focuses on events of the past.
  4. 13. Type of research which adds purely to basic knowledge.
  5. 14. Research in which the researcher has COMPLETE CONTROL over the treatment: participants are assigned to a group based on certain criteria. The possible cause is clearly defined. (Two words, hyphened)
  6. 16. Variable that has potential influence on the results, so it must be standarized or eliminated.
  7. 18. Research that provides some indication as to how 2 or more things are related to one another or what they share and have in common.
  8. 19. A definite statement of the relationship between two variables. For example, "1 is slower than 2".
  9. 21. Category of research that does not test causal (cause-and-effect) relationships. Provides information about the content, but never tells the reason why.
  10. 22. Research that examines the human behavior in social, political, and cultural contexts. The results are usually in nonnumerical data.
  11. 23. They represent a class of outcomes that can take one or more values. (Plural)
Down
  1. 1. A smaller group selected from the population.
  2. 2. Variable that reflects the outcome of a research study.
  3. 3. Type of research that studies processes that are universal in their application to scientific knowledge.
  4. 4. Reflects the general problem statement.
  5. 5. Category of research that examines the cause-and-effect relationships among different variables.
  6. 6. The universe of study.
  7. 8. Type of research conducted to increase understanding of fundamental processes.
  8. 9. Research in which participants are preassigned to groups but the researcher has NO CONTROL over who is assigned to which group.(Two words, hyphened)
  9. 11. Research that describes the characteristics of an existing phenomenon.
  10. 14. Type of research which is performed for modifications and improvements.
  11. 15. Type of research which seeks the specific knowledge to improve a particular process.
  12. 17. Statement of equalty regarding the relationship of variables. For example, "there is no difference".
  13. 20. A measure of risk.