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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
ConstructionismWe understand the world through internal constructs.
 
Content analysisA 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 variableA 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 variableThe variable that is held constant in a three-variable table (same as test variable).
 


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