crossword Flashcards
The paradigm that is the basis for most qualitative research
Constructivist
A paradigm based on objective observation
Positivist
Where the reader would find a description of the instruments used for data collection
Methods
Tested through Empirical or Quantitative research
Hypothesis
Can assess differences or cause - effect relationships
Quantitative
One’s philosophical belief or world view
Paradigm
A qualitative approach to research
Inductive
The environment where a phenomenon occurs
Context
The overall blueprint for a research study
Design
Using more than one method to investigate a phenomena
Triangulation
A quantitative approach to research
Deductive
A brief overview of the study including the findings
Abstract
Used in Quantitative research to analyze data
Statistics
A hypothesis with at least 2 independent or dependent variables
Complex
The statement of the aims of the study
Purpose
The properties that researchers study
Variables
Demonstrating a relationship between variables
Associative
Another name for null hypothesis
Statistical
A prediction of the relationship of variables
Hypothesis
A hypothesis that can be either directional or nondirectional
Research
A hypothesis with no stated relationship
null
Component of problem statement
nature of problem, context and significance
A hypothesis describing a positive relationship
Directional
A hypothesis with 1 independent and 1 dependent variable
Simple
Having measurable components
Testable
Theories tested/supported across disciplines
Shared
Sources from someone other than the researcher
Secondary
Use cultural theories in research
Ethnographers