Bell curve		A test to see if the study is successful or needs moderations. It is often small scale and in the same setting the real research would be completed in
Causation		A subject or thing (such as gender, age and class)
Confounding Variable		Whether or not a study can be completed by another researcher
Credibility		Refers to the consistency of the measures and means that an instrument produces repeatable results
Data		It is informed by what has been done
Dependent Variable		A researcher's ability to demonstrate that the object of study is accurate
Face Validity		Event being studied and expected to change when the Independent Variable is changed
Histogram		A statement that no relationship exists between study variables
Independent Variable		Influences what should be studied and how research should be carried out. It is often a world-wide view and involves underlying methodologies and theories of a particular subject
Iterative		Used to designate the number of subjects in a sample group
Likert scale		Average of the deviation from the mean
Literature Review		Testing by administrating it in 2 or more occasions to the same respondents
Mean		Shows the frequency of information and shows the distribution- and example of one is a Bell curve.
Median		The value that occurs most frequently in data
Methodology		The action of causing or producing (cause to affect)
Mode		Where participants are naturally in, for example, students are naturally in the universities' cafe
Moderator Variable		The art or science of teaching and educating (the art of knowing)
N		The middle score- 3 5 4 4 5 2 2 = 2 2 3 4 4 5 5- 4 is the median
n		The process of studying published works to influence your own field of study
Naturalistic		Recorded information in a 'numeric' or 'textual' form
Null Hypothesis		The average value or measure of central tendency- obtained by dividing the sum of values by the total number of values. E.G 10 5 6 8 5 7= 36. 36 divided by 6=6 (6 is the mean)
Objective		A variable that is intentionally changed to observe its effect on the Dependent Variable
Paradigm		Not using whole population which can result in different results than if you did use the whole population
Pedagogy		The claims the researcher makes that their pledge/guarantee is correct
Phenomenon		The selection of a group of subjects for study from a larger population where each subject is chosen entirely by chance
Pilot Study		Refers to the ability of the instruments to measure what it proposes to measure
Population		The chance the phenomenon will occur randomly. Also known as the 'P' factor
Probability		Multi-method, often small scale, naturalistic, textual presentation
Qualitative research		How a measure or procedure appears to the reader/viewer
Quantitative research		Numeric data, often large scale, predicted and controlled
Random sampling		Designates the total sample size
Reliability		The methods used by the researcher, such as Quantitative
Replicability		Invented in 1932, is a fixed scale going down in strength, has 5-7 choices and often has a neutral point
Response rate		Group of people or organisations that is of interest in the study
Sampling error		The tendency for respondents to answer questions depending on what is favourable of their peers (desirably good or bad)
Social Desirability Bias		May affect the Dependent Variable when took into account
Standard Deviation		Influenced by personal feelings, interpretations or prejudice
Subjective		Is usually a qualitative such as gender, but it can be such things as boredom proneness. It has to moderate (make a link) between two variables
Test-retest reliability		The rate of participants in the study (E.G 95%)
Validity		Shows the 'mean', 'normal distribution' and 'standard deviation
Warrant		Not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations or prejudice