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RESEARCH TERMS ASWB EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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RESEARCH TERMS ASWB EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
Qualitative Research - ANSWER systemic investigations that include inductive in depth studies of people,
groups and organizations; focuses on the why and how of decision making to better understand human
behavior
independent variable - ANSWER The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect
is being studied.
construct validity - ANSWER the extent to which variables measure what they are supposed to measure
Quantitative Research - ANSWER Research that provides data that can be expressed with numbers, such
as ranks or scales.
quasi-experimental research - ANSWER A research technique in which the two or more groups that are
compared are selected based on predetermined characteristics, rather than random assignment
Validity - ANSWER the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
dependent variable - ANSWER The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to
manipulations of the independent variable.
external validity - ANSWER extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings
pretest - ANSWER A questionnaire or other data-gathering instrument
administered to a subject just before a period of inquiry that provides a baseline for comparison with the
end results.
experimental study - ANSWER research that manipulates a variable in a test group and compares the
response to that of a control group that was not exposed to the same variable
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