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WorksheetsTOPIC 1 RESEARCH
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 6mins
•Dependent Variable
What are the characterisics?
Criterion by which the results of the experiment are judged.
Variable that is expected to be dependent on the manipulation of the independent variable
Any variable that can be manipulated, or altered, independently of any other variable
Identify the key characteristics of experiments
Random assignment
Control over extraneous variables
Group comparisons
Outcome control
Statistical conclusion validity means the degree to which conclusions about the (a) among variables based on the data are correct or "reasonable".
determine how well a experiment/questionnaire measures what it is supposed to measure. This is (a) validity
•Quasi-experiments
to estimate the causal impact of an intervention on target population without random assignment
allow the researcher to control the assignment to the treatment condition, but using some criterion other than random assignment
Types of research design include cross-sectional and (a)
types of ethnographic designs
realist
case study
critical ethnography
