Research Methods Flashcards
Descriptive Research
A type of research that describes “what is” under current conditions. Surveys are a common tool used to gather data for this mode of inquiry.
Emergent
A research design common in qualitative research in which it is not necessary for all the research steps to be spelled out before the research begins.
Experimental Blindness
Refers to a chacteristic of research in which the person carrying out the actual treatment are not informed about the specific research questions or interventions being studied.
Generalizability
The ability to apply knowledge gained from research to situations beyond the specific conditions contained in the research.
Mean
The average set of values, obtained by adding all values together and dividing by the total number of values.
Rational Scientific Mediating Model
A systematic approach to studying the interactions of music and the rain whose groundwork lies in the scientific foundation of music perception and production.
Methodological Integrity
Determining that the research method is appropriate to the question being asked and ensuring that this chosen method allows us to learn something new about the topic.
Personal Integrity
Ensuring that, during the course of the study, the researcher was fully present and honest both professionally and personally.
Interpersonal Integrity
Making a commitment to understand the world of each research participant being clear about how their beliefs may impact the study.
Phenomenological Research
The examination of human experience by studying extensively a small number of people to develop patterns of meaning.
Significant difference
In quantitative research, the difference b/w two results is said to be significant in the difference would have have been expected to happen by chance. Usually defined as something that would have been likely to happy by a chance at most 5% of the time.
Naturalistic Research
Research that involves observing people in their natural setting doing what they would normally be doing, with a min. amount of interference by the researcher(s).
Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)
An assessment method in which a client provides a number to “rate” some aspect of his or her being. Ex. 1-10 on the pain scale.
Random Assignment
The process of assigning research participants to groups by chance instead of by some other method that might make the groups inequivalent.
Range
The highest and lowest values in a set of data.
