Another term for introductory statement for all chapter pages.

It serves as rationale for research and the standards uses for interpreting data and research conclusions.

It determines such factors as how he or she writes hypothesis and what level of evidence is necessary to make decision.

It refers to the research technique used to gather data.

It makes the evaluation and exposes the method used at arriving at these design decisions

It exposes research decisions to evaluation before they are carried out.

It constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement and analysis of data.

It is the overall scheme of what the investigator will do from the writing of the hypothesis to the final analysis of data.

It describes systematically a situation or area of interest factually and accurately

It studies intensively the background, current status and environmental interactions of a given social unit.

It approximates the conditions of hte true experiments in a setting which does not allow the control or manipulation of all relevant variables.

It investigates the extent to which variations in one factor correlate with variations in one or more other factors.

It investigates possible cause-and-effect relationships by observing some existing consequence and looking back through the data for plausible causal factors.

It investigates possible cause-effect relationships by exposing one or more experimental groups to one or more treatment conditions and comparing the results to not receiving the treatment.

It is a process to develop and validate educational products.

It involves the application of the steps of scientific method to classroom problems.

Its main purpose is to help educators make decisions.

It is carried out while a product is being developed.

It is carried out with finished products.

It provides the teacher or administrator in the field with objective systematic techniques of problem solving that are far superior to an appeal to authority on personal experience.

It specifies the exact limits of the elements.

It is the process of selecting subgroups from a population.

It is a list or other representation of elements in a population from which the population has been selected.

The best technique for a sample to be representative is to ___

Most basic and strong forms of sampling.

They are biased.

They are quicker and cheaper than other methods.

The researcher is interested in discovering the aspects of the tasks of a certain group.

The researcher collects data from one or more elements of the population simply because they were available at that time.

It means that the observers are not visible in the setting.

The interviewer must argue using big words or irritate the interviewee.

If the interviewer is skillful enough and is able to establish rapport, he is likely to draw some confidential matters.

In constructing questionnaires, beware of double negative.

In constructing questionnaires, provide for the systematic quantification of responses.