Quiz and Research-Related Terms
Research-related terms
Data
Data is a unit of information collected during research.
Population The population is a whole group that you want to extract inferences from.
Population doesn’t mean only people but it can be objects, countries, organizations etc.
Sample A sample is a small group from a population for your research.
Variable is a place, person, object, or phenomenon that is measured.
There are two main types of variables.
Dependent and independent variables
The independent variable in research is the cause, and the dependent variable is the effect.
The value of the independent variable is not dependent on other variables, but the value of the dependent variable tends to change according to the independent variables because the independent variable is the cause and therefore affects the dependent variable.
Sampling
Sampling is the method through which you select your sample.
Sampling has two kinds:
probability sampling
and non-probability sampling.
Probability sampling or random
sampling
is where you select people or objects randomly.
Non-probability sampling is where
researchers select people and objects for sampling with various factors in mind, not randomly.
Hypothesis
A hypothesis is not a proven statement, but rather it expounds your findings about research that has not yet been proven but is likely to be the same as you expounded.
Limitations
Limitations are factors that are not under your control or under the control of a researcher or things that you can’t access or avail of, such as time, financial constraints, data, tools, etc.
Causality
The relation between cause and effect is known as causality.
It is the means of linking one state or process (the cause) with another event, processing, or state (the effect).
Field Studies
Field study is the study in natural environments rather than a classroom or laboratory.
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