Exploratory and confirmatory research

Question 1

Exploratory research

Answer 1

First we observe. we deduce a patter, propose a tentative hypothesis and produce a possible story. doesn’t concern itself with statistical analysis.
The research is inductive or bottom up

Question 2

Confirmatory research

Answer 2

Is specific and focuses on controlling the experimental situations. Statistics are very important
The research is deductive, or top down

Question 3

The bigger the t-value…

Answer 3

the more likely it is that the results are not due to chance

Question 4

Outliers

Answer 4

individual data points that differ a lot from most of the others

Question 5

ANOVA

Answer 5

analysis of variance

Question 6

repeated measures analysis

Answer 6

AVONA where at least one of the factors is a within-subjects factors