RM - TERMINOLOGY - 2

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The entire group or set of individuals, objects, or events that possess specific characteristics and are of interest to the researcher, identified to answer the research question

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Population

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The different ways in which participants or respondents in a study can be selected from the study population

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Sampling strategy

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The degree to which research method produces stable and consistent results.

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Reliability

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A situation when researchers unconsciously focus on data that supports their ideas while ignoring or undervaluing data that contradicts their ideas

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Bias

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The criterion requiring the researcher to have sufficient knowledge about the research process, and to be able to visualise the work involved in completing the proposed study

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Magnitude