Important Terms
Please complete the definitions for the following terms.
Abstract
Accidental Sample
Analysis
Bias (Researcher Bias)
Case study
Categories
Causation
Central tendency
Citation
Common Sense
Conclusion
Content Analysis
Convenience Sample
Correlation
Cross-sectional Survey
Deduction
Dependent Variable
Descriptive
Electronic Journal
Empirical data
Ethnocentrism
Experiment
Explanatory
Exploratory
Field work
Frequency
Generalization
Holism
Hypothesis
Independent Variable
Induction
Journal
Laboratory
Latent Content
Logic
Longitudinal Study
Manifest Content
Mean
Measurement Object
Median
Misappropriation
Mode
Monograph
Monograph
Multimodal
Natural science
Nominal
Non-Participant Fieldwork
Observation Tool
Operationalization
Ordinal
Paraphrase
Participant Fieldwork
Peer-reviewed publication
Plagiarism
Population
Prediction
Purposive Sample
Qualitative Content Analysis
Quantitative Content Analysis
Quota Sample
Quote
Random Assignment
Random Sample
Ratio
Repeatability
Research Method
Research Power
Sample
Science
Skewed Data
Snowball Sample
Stratified Random Sample
Synthesis
Technology
Theory
Unimodal
Variable