Term | Definition |
Significance | The quality of being worthy of attention; importance. |
Reliability | The quality or state of being reliable. |
Statement | A definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing. |
Peer Review | Evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field. |
Validity | The quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency. |
Experimental Design | The process of planning a study to meet specified objectives. |
Patent | A government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention. |
Intellectual Property | A work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc. |
Confidence Level | The probability that the value of a parameter falls within a specified range of values. |
Experiment Stations | An establishment for scientific research where experiments are carried out, studies of practical application are made, and information is disseminated. |
Literature | Written works, especially those considered of superior lasting artistic merit. |
Hypothesis | A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. |
Treatment Group | The experimental manipulation group that receives the treatment. |
Scientific Method | A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypothesis. |
Theory | A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. |
Hatch Act | An act to prevent pernicious political activities, is a United State federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials. |
Control Group | A baseline group that receives no treatment or a neutral treatment. |
Data | Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis. |
Correlated | Have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another. |
Research | The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. |
Problem | A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome. |
Applied | Put to practical use as opposed to being theoretical. |
Fact | A thing that is indisputably the case. |
T-Test | A statistical examination of two population means. |