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Research Methods
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Can a hypothesis be proven? - answer ✅✅Ironically, a hypothesis can be
disproved, but it cannot be proven.
Compare and contrast experimental versus descriptive research - answer
✅✅Experimental:
- explains phenomena through the control of variables
-aims to determine cause and effect
-intervention explains the change
-A causes B
Descriptive
,- Characterizes phenomena as they exist
-No real concern for cause and effect
-Cross sectional - single point in time
-Can provide correlation without causation
Define a double-blind review - answer ✅✅Double-blind review: neither
the authors nor the reviewers know the identities of the other parties
Define a single-blind review - answer ✅✅Single-blind review: the authors
do not know the reviewers, but the authors' names are revealed to the
reviewers
Define and explain the peer-review process - answer ✅✅Peer review:
- evaluation of a manuscript on the basis of its scientific merit
-is the process by which a manuscript is evaluated in order to limit the
studies that have "fatal" flaws in their experimental designs or
methodologies, or less so, their interpretations of their results.
- a systematic approach of submission and management by an editor with
a set of reviewers who work in the same field of study, yet should have no
conflict of interest in the paper being reviewed
, Define authority - answer ✅✅Authority: a person or organization that is
allowed to control, command, or exert power
Define bias - answer ✅✅Bias: a perspective that thwarts unprejudiced
assessment
Define descriptive research - answer ✅✅Descriptive research: a study
that is not experimental
involves either a one-time interaction with participants (cross-sectional
study)
or
observation of individuals over time (longitudinal study)
Define experimental research - answer ✅✅Experimental research:
controls variables, measures precisely, and seeks to understand cause-
and-effect relationships
Define hypothesis - answer ✅✅Hypothesis: a clear statement as to the
expected outcome of a phenomenon based on insights from the current
literature that can be experimentally tested using scientific method
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