Prr2

Question 1

The statistical process of selecting a subset (called a sample) of a population of interest purposes of making observations and statistical inferences about that population.

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Sampling

Question 2

the group you want to generalize to and the sample refers to the actual units select for observation

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Population

Question 3

a method in which not all population members have an equal chance of participating in the study

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non probability sampling

Question 4

a technique in which every unit in the population has a chance of being selected in the sample and this chance can be accurately determined

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probability sampling

Question 5

the process of gathering and measuring data

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data collection

Question 6

data that has been collected from first hand experience

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primary data

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research instrument

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questionnaire

Question 8

the respondent with a continuous scale

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continuous (bounded)

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the respondent has more than two of unordered options

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nominal polytomous

Question 10

the respondent has two or more options

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dichotomous

Question 11

the respondent has more than two ordered options

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ordinal polytomous

Question 12

it involves asking questions and getting from participants in a study

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interview

Question 13

a way of gathering data by watching behavior

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observation

Question 13

the data collection method that relies on asking
questions in a set order to collect data on a topic

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structured interview

Question 14

a data collection method that involves asking
participants a set of open-ended questions and following
them up with probe questions to explore futher their
response and the topic of interest

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semi structured interviews

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an interview in which questions are not pre arranged

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unstructured interview

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A qualitative research method where
you record the behaviors of your
research subjects in real world setting

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naturalistic observation

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where
the researcher is immersed in the
day to day activities of the
participants

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participant observation

Question 18

this type of observation does not follow
a predetermined set of criteria.

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unstructured observation

Question 19

a data collecting methods in which
researchers gather data without direct
involvement with the participants (the
researchers watch from afar)

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structured observation

Question 20

a research method involving the use of
standardized questionnaires or interveiws to
collect data about people and their
preferences thought and behaviors in a
systematic manner

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survey research

Question 21

which may be
personal, telephone or focus group
interviews

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interview survey

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which may be
mail-in, group administered or online
surveys

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questionnaire survey

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completed by the
interviewer based on verbal responses
provided by respondents

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interviews

Question 24

instruments that are completed in writing by respondents

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questionnaires

Question 25

a data collection method where you as a researcher change some variables and abserve their effect on ther varaiables.

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experiment

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helps investigate the cause - and - effect relationships between the varaibles under study.

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True experimental design

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a research method used to estimate causal relationships without random assignment

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quasi experimental design

Question 28

it receives treatment whose effect the researcher is interested

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treatment group

Question 29

a group in the experiment which a variable is not being tested.

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control group

Question 30

the process of selecting a smaller group of individuals from a larger group to be participants in a study

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random selection

Question 31

helps control for the “cause” in a cause - effect relationships.

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treatment manipulation

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a procedure used in experiments to create multiple study groups that include participants with similar characteristics so that groups are equivalent at the beginning of the study

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random assignment

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the term refers to any set of data collected by the government or other official body

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official statistics

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a research method in which features of textual, visual or aural materials are systematically catergorized and recorded so that they can be analyzed

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content analysis

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semi structured and structured interviews, focus groups transcripts, observation records and other personal, research related documents

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qualitative

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census, housing, social security as well as electoral statistics and other related databases

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quantitative

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specific methods basically used to calculate, describe and summarize collected research data in a logical, meaningful and efficient way.

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descriptive statistics

Question 38

measuremet from the sample of subjects in the experiment to compare the treatment groups and make generalizations about the larger population of subjects.

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inferential statistics