2024
RSC2601
EXAM PACK
2024
UNISA EXAM
, lOMoARcPSD|12702401
RSC2601 DICTIONARY
Absolute zero: lowest possible point
Accuracy: careful, precise
Acronym: a word made up of the initial letters of other words
Affirmative: asserting that the answer is “yes’’
Agents of action: people or institutions that take active steps to implement policies
or plans
Analysis technique: analysis is the process in which certain procedures, including
techniques, eg, descriptive statistic techniques are used to work through the data
that have been collected
Anonymity: not known by name
Archive: safe storage of documents and records
Assumption: a basic premise that we believe is true
Authenticity: genuineness
Bar chart: graph representing the frequency distribution of categorical data
Bias: prejudice or distortion
Bipolar: having two poles or extremes
Causality: that one thing leads to another — in our case, that the presence,
absence or change of one variable determines the presence, absence or change
of another variable
Coercion: forcing
Code of conduct: rule/s or law/s that regulate behaviour
Cognitive: knowing or mentally perceiving
Coherent: a research design that is coherent shows a unity of thought or purpose
RSC2601
EXAM PACK
2024
UNISA EXAM
, lOMoARcPSD|12702401
RSC2601 DICTIONARY
Absolute zero: lowest possible point
Accuracy: careful, precise
Acronym: a word made up of the initial letters of other words
Affirmative: asserting that the answer is “yes’’
Agents of action: people or institutions that take active steps to implement policies
or plans
Analysis technique: analysis is the process in which certain procedures, including
techniques, eg, descriptive statistic techniques are used to work through the data
that have been collected
Anonymity: not known by name
Archive: safe storage of documents and records
Assumption: a basic premise that we believe is true
Authenticity: genuineness
Bar chart: graph representing the frequency distribution of categorical data
Bias: prejudice or distortion
Bipolar: having two poles or extremes
Causality: that one thing leads to another — in our case, that the presence,
absence or change of one variable determines the presence, absence or change
of another variable
Coercion: forcing
Code of conduct: rule/s or law/s that regulate behaviour
Cognitive: knowing or mentally perceiving
Coherent: a research design that is coherent shows a unity of thought or purpose
