Research Terms ASWB Exam Questions Correctly Answered.
1. Qualitative
systemic investigations that include inductive in depth studies of
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people, groups and organizations; focuses on the why and how of
decision making to better understand human behavior
2. independen
The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose
t variable
ettect is being studied.
3. construct validity the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to
measure
4. Quantitative Research that provides data that can be expressed with numbers, such
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5. quasi-experimen- A research technique in which the two or more groups that are
compared are
tal research selected based on predetermined characteristics, rather than random
assignment
6. Validity the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
7. dependent The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to
vari- able manipulations of the independent variable.
8. external validity extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings
9. pretest A questionnaire or other data-gathering instrument
administered to a subject just before a period of inquiry that provides a
baseline for comparison with the end results.
10. experiment 12. inter-rater relia- bility
al study
11. single subject
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1. Qualitative
systemic investigations that include inductive in depth studies of
Re- search
people, groups and organizations; focuses on the why and how of
decision making to better understand human behavior
2. independen
The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose
t variable
ettect is being studied.
3. construct validity the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to
measure
4. Quantitative Research that provides data that can be expressed with numbers, such
Re- search as ranks or scales.
5. quasi-experimen- A research technique in which the two or more groups that are
compared are
tal research selected based on predetermined characteristics, rather than random
assignment
6. Validity the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
7. dependent The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to
vari- able manipulations of the independent variable.
8. external validity extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings
9. pretest A questionnaire or other data-gathering instrument
administered to a subject just before a period of inquiry that provides a
baseline for comparison with the end results.
10. experiment 12. inter-rater relia- bility
al study
11. single subject
de- sign
1/
3
