Across
- 1. The entire group of individuals or objects that is the subject of a study.
- 3. A method of reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion.
- 5. The extent to which a study establishes a trustworthy cause-and-effect relationship between a treatment and an outcome.
- 8. The introduction of a new variable or method into a situation to alter the outcome.
- 10. The extent to which independent coders evaluate a characteristic of a message and reach the same conclusion.
- 14. A philosophical method of inquiry based on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness
- 16. An in-depth investigation of a single individual, group, or event.
- 18. Question The central question a research study is designed to answer.
- 20. A logical approach where a conclusion is based on the agreement of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.
- 21. A qualitative research method where researchers observe and interact with a study's participants in their real-life environment
- 22. A statistical technique for combining the findings from multiple studies.
- 23. A research approach that combines both quantitative and qualitative methods.
- 24. A group of people or things taken from a larger group and used to represent the larger group.
- 25. A type of observational study that analyzes data from a population at a specific point in time
- 26. Review A type of literature review that collects and critically analyzes multiple research studies
- 27. A range of values that is likely to contain the true population parameter.
- 28. Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
- 29. A scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
Down
- 2. A research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables over long periods of time.
- 4. The relationship between cause and effect.
- 6. Statistical methods used to derive conclusions about a population from a sample.
- 7. The process of selecting a subset of individuals from a population to estimate characteristics of the whole population.
- 9. A type of rating scale designed to measure the connotative meaning of objects, events, and concepts.
- 11. A list of the books and articles that have been used by someone when writing a particular book or article.
- 12. The repetition of a research study to verify its findings.
- 13. An original document or physical object created at the time under study
- 15. Group A small group of people whose reactions are studied to determine the reactions that can be expected from a larger population.
- 17. The variable being tested and measured in an experiment.
- 19. A conversation where questions are asked and answers are given.
- 24. The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true.