Chapter Two - The Importance Of Replication

Question 1

Universalism

Answer 1

The assumption that phenomena observed in a study can be generalised to other contexts

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

Subset of the population of interest that is studied in a piece of research

Question 3

Sampling

Answer 3

The process of selecting participants for a study

Question 4

Sampling error

Answer 4

This refers to the fact that any sample, however chosen, is unlikely to represent exactly the population from which it was drawn

Question 5

Replication

Answer 5

When a result from a research study is found again in a subsequent study. Replication is important to establishing the reliability of a finding

Question 6

Cycle of enquiry

Answer 6

The way in which the questions that research addresses are often derived from theories or explanations, and the findings of that research that generate new questions or refinements to theory or explanation.