To encourage one outcome or answer over others

A connection or relationship between two or more facts or numbers

A matter that is not yet decided or unable to be decided

Manipulation to gain a certain outcome

The extent to which assessments are consistent- a concept which is important for defining and measuring bias and distortion

The number or value that appears most often in a particular set

The middle value in a set of values arranged in order of size

The value that appears most often in a particular set

The average value

The middle value in a set of values arranged in order of size

The number or value which appears most often

The average number or value in a set

The average number

The number or value which appears the most

The middle number or value in a set of values arranged in order of size.

A group of people or things that is chosen out of a larger number and is asked questions or tested in order to get information about the larger group

A group of people who are used for comparing another group to in a test or experiment

All the people living in a particular country, area or place

The use of computational, statistical and mathematical tools to derive results.

More explorative research, the type of research that is dependent on the collection of verbal, behavioural or observational data that can be interpereted in a subjective manner

Brief descriptive coefficients that summarise a given data set, which can be either a representation of the entire or a sample of a population

A number or amount whose value depends on the value of another element in the same mathematical expression

A number or amount whose value does not depend on the value of another element in the same mathematical expression

A theory that states two groups that are being testers will be expected to show the same results until this is proved not to be true

An idea or explanation for something that is based on facts but has not yet been proved

Any variables that you are not intentionally studying in your experiment or test

A number or amount whose value does not depend on the value of another element in the same mathematical system

A connection or relationship between two or more facts or numbers

An idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved

A theory that states two groups that are being tested will be expected to show the same results until this is proved not to be true

A theory that states that two groups that are being tested will be expected to show the same results until this is proved not to be true

An idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been done proven

A measurement to the degree to which each number in a set of numbers is different from the average

A measurement of the degree to which each number in a set of numbers is different from the average

A brief review, typically a short paragraph that summarises the major elements to enable the reader to understand the basic features of the research article

A connection or relationship between two or more facts, numbers or values

A research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables over short or long periods of time

A systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the construction of theory through methodical gathering and analysis of data.

A methodology for conducting research that involves collecting, analysing and integrating quantitative ad qualitative research.

Failing to reject a false Null Hypothesis (also known as a false negative finding)

A design that involves repeated observations of the same variables over time

The rejection of a true Null Hypothesis (known as a false positive finding)

The rejection of a true Null Hypothesis (also known as a false positive finding)

Failing to reject a false Null Hypothesis (also known as a false negative finding)

Conducting research that involved finding, collecting and analysing data