Research Methods Chapter 4 Flashcards
A database containing entries from all areas of business
Business Source Premier
A database containing information from Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE)
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
A prediction or educated guess; the formal statement of the researcher’s prediction of the relationship that exists among the variables under investigation
Hypothesis
A “network of networks” consisting of millions of computers and tens of millions of users all over the world, all of which are interconnected to promote communication
Internet
A quantitative technique that is used to integrate and describe the results of a large number of studies
Meta-Analysis
The systematic review or integration of qualitative research findings into a literature summary article; it’s the qualitative version of a meta-analysis
Meta-Synthesis
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PsycINFO
A statement of the researcher’s intent or objective of the study
Purpose of a Research Study
A question about some process, issue, or phenomenon to be explored
Qualitative Research Question
A question about the relationship that exists between two or more variables
Quantitative Research Question
An education issue or problem within a broad topic area
Research Problem
Statement of the specific question the researcher seeks to answer via empirical research
Research Question
The broad subject matter area to be investigated
Research Topic
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Socindex
An explanation or explanatory system that discusses how a phenomenon operates and why it operates as it does
Theory
