Research & Stats Flashcards
decide if study is ethical
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
prediction of relation
hypothesis
can take on different values
variable
outcome of interest, measured to see if it changes in a study i.e. the plant
dependent variable
variable manipulated in the study i.e. the water
independent variable
named attribute, order doesn’t matter, ex: martial status, blood type
nominal variable
named attribute, order does matter
ex: stages of cancer
ordinal variable
can take on any value in a range
ex: temp, weight, speed
continuous variable (vs. discrete)
only 2 possible outcomes
ex: disease or no disease
dichotomous variable
hypothesis, methods used
methods
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Research Report Components
-can draw associations, but not casual relationships
-no hypothesis tested
descriptive research
-descriptive research types
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-Qualitative, surveys, correlation, case report
-tests hypothesis
-can draw causal relationships
analytical research
formative evaluation
pilot study
data as words (narrative vs. numbers)
ex: focus group
qualitative research
-single subject or group w same condition
-case report/study
-series (many together)
-study examines if 2 variables are related
-no manipulation of variables
-ex: relationship between stress and illness?
correlation study