'N' Terms

Question 1

Narrative analysis

Answer 1

An approach focused on the search for an analysis of stories that people use to understand their lives and the world around them.

Question 2

Naturalism, Naturalistic

Answer 2

A style of research design to minimize disturbance to the natural or every day social world.

Question 3

Negative relationship

Answer 3

A relationship between two variables in which one decreases as the other increases.

Question 4

Nominal variable

Answer 4

A variable comprised of categories that cannot be ranked; also known as a categorical variable.

Question 5

Nomothetic

Answer 5

An approach to explanation that utilizes general law and principles, which are said to apply to some population beyond the people studied.

Question 6

Nonprobability sample

Answer 6

A sample selected using a non-random sampling method. Essentially, this means that some units in the population are more likely than others to be selected.

Question 7

Non-response

Answer 7

Occurs if someone in a sample refuses to participate in the study, cannot be contacted, or for some other reason does not supply the required data.

Question 8

Null hypothesis

Answer 8

A hypothesis of no relationship between two variables; the hypothesis that the researcher hopes to disprove.