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Chapter 1
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- 1Scientific MethodA general approach for acquiring knowledge using systematic and objective methods to understand a phenomenon
- 2The results of the methods used to answer the question must be ______observable
- 3Theoryformulated based on observations and insights and consists of a series of tentative premises about ideas and concepts that lay the foundation for empirical research about a phenomenon
- 4Conceptual Hypothesisis a prediction about relationships involving the theoretical constructs and therefore guides the purpose of a research study
- 5Research HypothesisAn empirical specification of the conceptual hypothesis and is, therefore, a testable directional prediction about specific relations in a study
- 6Research Questionnon-directional statement about specific relationships in a study that ends with a ?
- 7Confederatehired by the researcher to pretend to be another participant in the study
- 8Operationalizationtranslating an abstract theoretical construct/concept into a concrete specification of procedure and measure so it can be observed, recorded, and replicated
- 9VariableAny characteristic or attribute that may differ and is a basic unit of observation and measurement in a study
- 10Instrumentation ErrorA threat to internal validity, in which scores are affected by changes in the properties of the measurement instrument, rather than as an outcome of exposure to different levels of a treatment
- 11multiple operationalizationsrecognizes that no single operation or measurement provides enough info to adequately define a concept
- 12nomial scalelabeling
- 13ordinal scaleorder (ranks)
- 14interval scaleintervals (temp), 0 is arbitrary
- 15ratio scalehas an absolute 0
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- Research Methods FlashCards sobre Chapter 1, criado por Gina Santisaranyu em 10-09-2019.
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