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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 |
| Noumena | Things that exist beyond our cognitive experiences. 'Things-in-themselves'. |
| Null hypothesis | 1. A statement that there is no relationship between the independent and dependent variables and that any relationship observed is due to chance or fluctuations in sampling. 2. The null hypothesis for chi square is that the two variables are unrelated to each other. |
| Null hypothesis(H0) | a statistical test/research hypothesis that is a statement that there is no relationship between the independent and dependent variables in the population. The research goal is to reject the null and thus lend support to (not "prove") the alternative hypothesis. An example of a null hypothes is "there is no relationship between crime and population density." |
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