Chapter 8 Flashcards
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the moral code or ethical policy of academia
Academic integrity
Includes values such as avoidance of cheating or plagiarism, maintenance of academic standards, honesty and rigor in research and academic publishing
Academic integrity
Any type of cheating that occurs in relation to a formal academic exercise
Academic Dishonesty
the adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statements of another person without due acknowledgment
Plagiarism
the falsification of data, information, or citations in any formal academic exercise
Fabrication
any attempt to give or obtain assistance in a formal academic exercise without due acknowledgment
Cheating
acting to prevent others from completing their work which includes cutting pages out of library books or disrupting the experiments of others
Sabotage
Refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs and symbols, names, and images used in commerce
Intellectual property
a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have their literary and artistic works
Copyright
an exclusive right granted for an invention, which includes a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem
Patent
a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises and are protected by intellectual property right
Trademark
constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article which may consist of three dimensional features
Industrial design
a process of scientific thinking that leads to the discovery or establishment of new knowledge or truth
Research
the continuous discovery and exploration of the unknown which entails an investigation of facts new to you, leading to the discovery of new ideas, new methods, or new improvements
Research
A written statement of the reasons and justifications why a research is conducted
Rationale of the Research
A systematic process of collecting information and data for the purpose of investigating and analyzing a phenomenon, condition, or a problem hence provide solutions and suggest improvements
Research Methodology
General type of sampling; each member of the population has a known non-zero probability of being selected
Probability Sampling
the purest form of probability sampling wherein each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected
Random sampling
also called an Nth name selection technique wherein after the required sample size has been calculated, every Nth record is selected from a list of population members
Systematic sampling
commonly used probability method because it reduces sampling error
Stratified sampling
a subset of population that share at least one common characteristic
Stratum SR
a sample size large enough for us to be reasonably confident that the stratum represents the population
Sufficient SR
General type of sampling; members are selected from the population in some nonrandom manner
Non-probability sampling
used in exploratory research wherein the researcher is interested in getting an inexpensive approximation of the truth
Convenience sampling
