Chapter 8

Question 1

the moral code or ethical policy of academia

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Academic integrity

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Includes values such as avoidance of cheating or plagiarism, maintenance of academic standards, honesty and rigor in research and academic publishing

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Academic integrity

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Any type of cheating that occurs in relation to a formal academic exercise

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Academic Dishonesty

Question 4

the adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statements of another person without due acknowledgment

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Plagiarism

Question 5

the falsification of data, information, or citations in any formal academic exercise

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Fabrication

Question 6

any attempt to give or obtain assistance in a formal academic exercise without due acknowledgment

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Cheating

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acting to prevent others from completing their work which includes cutting pages out of library books or disrupting the experiments of others

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Sabotage

Question 8

Refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs and symbols, names, and images used in commerce

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Intellectual property

Question 9

a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have their literary and artistic works

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Copyright

Question 10

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

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Patent

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a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises and are protected by intellectual property right

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Trademark

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constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article which may consist of three dimensional features

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Industrial design

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a process of scientific thinking that leads to the discovery or establishment of new knowledge or truth

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Research

Question 14

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

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Research

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A written statement of the reasons and justifications why a research is conducted

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Rationale of the Research

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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

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Research Methodology

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General type of sampling; each member of the population has a known non-zero probability of being selected

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Probability Sampling

Question 18

the purest form of probability sampling wherein each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected

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Random sampling

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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

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Systematic sampling

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commonly used probability method because it reduces sampling error

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Stratified sampling

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a subset of population that share at least one common characteristic

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Stratum SR

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a sample size large enough for us to be reasonably confident that the stratum represents the population

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Sufficient SR

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General type of sampling; members are selected from the population in some nonrandom manner

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Non-probability sampling

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used in exploratory research wherein the researcher is interested in getting an inexpensive approximation of the truth

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Convenience sampling

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a common non-probability method wherein the researcher selects the sample based on judgment

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Judgment sampling

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equivalent of stratified sampling wherein the researcher first identifies the stratums and their proportions as they are represented in the population

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Quota sampling

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a special non-probability method used when the desired sample characteristic is rare wherein it is difficult or cost prohibitive to locate respondents

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Snowball sampling