Research methods exam 1

The abstract of a study should

Be a concise summary of the study

Fieldwork

Data are gathered in natural settings

Skewness

Describes position of the hump in the curve of a distribution

First author is the person who

Develop the idea and plans the research

external validity

Generalizability of the results pertains

In which part of the method section do you find info on when the participants were tested

Instruments

research hypothesis

Is directly testable

Pilot study prior to actual research study because

It permits a thorough check of the planned data collection and analysis procedures

Procedures

Method section that describes activities of each treatment group

Introduction to a research report

Move from general description of the theoretical problem to the specific area to be studied

Describing participants in method sections should include

Number of participants and pertinent descriptive characteristics of participants

Experimental research

Only type of research that can manipulate treatments and establish cause and effect

Defining volleyball skills as a score on AAHPERD volleyball test is an

Operational definition

Limitation is an example of

Recognizing grade point avg may not completely reflect success in a school

Primary source of lit review

Research journal articles

Research hypothesis Example

Researcher predicts there will be a positive relationship between attitude scores and grade point average

central tendency

Single score which best represents all the scores in distribution

Jargon (n)

SpeciAl language that is regularly used in a specific field but other people don't know

standard deviation

Spread of scores about the mean

Instrument part should include

Test characteristics of validity and reliability

Empirical research

The researcher collects data to base decisions off of

internal Validity

The results of the study can be attributed to the treatments used in the study

Inductive and deductive reasoning are important in

The statement of the problem

The first author for thesis with a student and major professor should be

The student

Compared to applied research, basic research

Usually offers more control such as in a laboratory

operational definition

a statement of the procedures used to define research variables