Download Research Methods: Terms and Definitions in Quantitative and Qualitative Studies and more Quizzes Communication in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 concept DEFINITION 1 abstract idea representing general observations; readability TERM 2 qualitative research DEFINITION 2 rich description of the phenomenon being observed; readability and objectivity are difficult TERM 3 quantitative research DEFINITION 3 numerical representation of a relationship between variables; answers "what" but not "why" TERM 4 descrite DEFINITION 4 finite values such as sex, race, age, and gender (nominal and ordinal) TERM 5 nominal DEFINITION 5 categorical measurements (sex) TERM 6 ordinal DEFINITION 6 rank order (highest level of education) TERM 7 continuous DEFINITION 7 measured in numbers; fluid (ratio and interval) TERM 8 ratio DEFINITION 8 the zero is a true zero (it actually represents that nothing is present) TERM 9 interval DEFINITION 9 the distance between measurements is the same, but just because you have 25 and 50 doesn't mean that the fifty represents twice as much of the 25 (basically zero doesn't represent truly zero) TERM 10 guttman scaling DEFINITION 10 check which jobs women should be encouraged to pursue: y ndoctorlawyercookhousewife TERM 21 nonmalefience DEFINITION 21 no intentional harm TERM 22 beneficence DEFINITION 22 minimize risks and maximize benifits TERM 23 justice DEFINITION 23 equal treatment and distribution of benefits, risks, ect. TERM 24 verification DEFINITION 24 multiple methods of data collection audit trail member checks research team TERM 25 intensive interviews DEFINITION 25 are hard to do, they have an extremely low generalizability but you get lots of detail TERM 26 case study DEFINITION 26 lacks scientific rigor, and generalizability, but provides lots of detail and is ideal for exploratory research particularistic discriptive heuristic inductive TERM 27 ethonography DEFINITION 27 examines the problem from the point of view of the participants TERM 28 research questions DEFINITION 28 ask about variable relationships TERM 29 hypothesis DEFINITION 29 predict outcomes TERM 30 null hypothesis DEFINITION 30 "hypothesis of no difference" Ho the number of years smoking makes no difference in the likelihood of lung cancer TERM 31 region of rejection DEFINITION 31 bell shaped depiction of the rarity of significant results occurring by chance TERM 32 one tailed test DEFINITION 32 shows direction (pos. or neg) TERM 33 two tailed test DEFINITION 33 gives you the variable but no direction TERM 34 type 1 error (alpha error) DEFINITION 34 the rejection of Ho when it should be accepted TERM 35 type 2 error (beta error) DEFINITION 35 the acceptance of Ho when it should be rejected
