DQM Common Units
Research Techniques glossary
Every term this guide defines, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it. Open it when a word in a question is unfamiliar, and test yourself on it in the last week: cover the definition and say it in one sentence.
4 terms from the free first chapter
C
- Correlational research
Examines whether and how strongly two variables are related, without establishing that one causes the other.
Taught in The research concept
D
- Descriptive research
Describes characteristics of a population or phenomenon as it currently is, without manipulating anything.
Taught in The research concept
E
- Experimental research
Manipulates a variable under controlled conditions, with random assignment, to establish cause and effect.
Taught in The research concept
Q
- Quasi-experimental research
Tests the effect of a change on an outcome without full random assignment of subjects to groups.
Taught in The research concept
The full glossary adds every term from the other 5 chapters, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it.