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Research Terms
Social Research
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Quasi-Experimental | Type of research typically identified as being void of randomization of either subjects or treatment and/or lack of comparison groups. |
| Single Subject Design | Subjects serves as his/her own control, rather than using another individual/group. |
| Randomized Assignment | Randomized studies measure the effect of an intervention by randomly assigning groups or individuals to either an intervention group or a control group. |
| Validity | In Social research, concept which a procedure to measure the quality data is intended to measure. |
| Internal validity | Confidence that can be placed in the cause and effect relationship in a study. |
| Exploratory Study | Type of study used to explore or gain insights into a phenomenon. |
| Construct Validity | The degree to which a test measures what it claims, or purports, to be measuring being investigated. |
| Correlation | A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. A mutual relation; a pattern of variation between two phenomena in which change in one is associated with. |
| Dependent Variable | phenomenon being tested or measure a new stimulus, condition, or treatment is introduced. |
| Experimental Group | A collection of subjects who are matched and compared with a control group in all relevant respects, except that they are also subject to a specific variable being tested. |
| Experimental Study | Research under controlled conditions, being investigated are randomly selected and systematically compared with control groups, w/ treatment variables to the experimental group but not the control group & use of statistical analysis for difference. |
| External Validity | The extent to which study findings can be generalized beyond the sample used in the study. |
| Independent Variable | This is a factor that can be varied or manipulated in an experiment. |
| Inter-Rater Reliability | The degree to which different people give similar scores for the same observations; refers to the consistency of a measure. |
| Literature Review | The process of search published work to find out what is known about a research topic. |
| Longitudinal Study | Repeated testing of the same phenomenon or group of subjects over an extended period. |
| Mean | The average value or measure of central tendency. |
| Median | The middle score. |
| Mode | The value that occurs most frequently. |
| Null Hypothesis | A statement that no relationship exists between study variables. |
| Pilot Study | Procedure testing & validating a questionnaire or other instrument to a small group of respondents from intended test population to help determine the how to test items for widespread use. |
| Posttest | A questionnaire or other data-gathering instrument administered to subject at the end of a specified period of inquiry. |
| Pretest | A questionnaire or other data-gathering instrument administered to a subject just before a period of inquiry that provides a baseline for comparison with the end results. |
| Qualitative Research | Systematic investigations that include inductive, in-depth, studies of individuals, groups, organizations, or communities; focuses on the why and how of decision making to better understand human behavior. |
| Quantitative Reserch | Systematic investigations that include descriptive or inferential statistical analysis. |
| Concurrent Validity | The measure of how well a particular test correlates with the previous validated measure. |
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