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These is glossary of research key terms. This glossary is intended as an aid to
professionals and non-professionals who find the world of research
somewhat intimidating. While it is impossible to cover all the terms
that can be confusing, this document briefly defines some of the more
common terms and concepts. | |
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| Term | Definition |
| Constructionism | We understand the world through internal constructs. |
| Content analysis | A procedure for organising narrative, qualitative data into emerging themes and concepts. |
| Content validity | is similar to face validity except that the researcher deliberately targets individuals acknowledged to be experts in the topic area to give their opinions on the validity of the measure. |
| Contingency table | (same as crosstabulation). |
| Continuous variable | A variable that can take on an infinite range of values along a specific continuum (e.g. weight, height). |
| Control | Processes employed to hold the conditions under which an investigation is carried out uniform or constant. In a true experimental design, the control group is the group that does not receive the intervention or treatment under investigation. The scores on the dependent variable for the control and the experimental groups are used to evaluate the effect of the independent variable. In other experimental designs, this group may be referred to as the comparison group. |
| Control variable | The variable that is held constant in a three-variable table (same as test variable). |
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