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Chapter 2 of Research Design

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show Attributes of sampling units, events, or conditions that can take on two or more values, or observed or measured events or conditions that vary or are likely to vary.  
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Varied Replication   show
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show An empirically testable supposition, the experimental hypothesis.  
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Operational Definitions   show
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Parsimony   show
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show Research designed to assess the repeat-ability of a result.  
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show Making a chance discovery.  
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show The meaning of a variable in abstract or conceptual terms.  
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show A set of proposed explanatory statements or propositions connected by logical arguments and by explicit and implicit assumptions.  
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show An event or a condition the researcher observes or measures or plans to investigate that is likely to vary.  
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show The high degree to which the components of a theory or hypothesis "stick together" logically  
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Construct   show
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Context of Discovery   show
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Context of Justification   show
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show A variable the changes in which are viewed as dependent on changes in one or more other variables.  
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Falsifiability   show
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Hypothesis   show
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Hypothesis-generating Heuristics   show
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Independent Variable   show
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show Conditions that alter the relationship between independent and dependent variables.  
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Occam's Razor   show
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show Attributions of sampling units, events, or conditions that can take on two or more values, or observed or measured events or conditions that vary or are likely to vary.  
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Varied Replication   show
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Working Hypotheses   show
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show The meaning of a variable in terms of the operations (empirical conditions) used to measure it or the experimental method involved in its determination  
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Parsimony   show
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show Research designed to assess the repeatability  
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show Making a chance discovery  
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show The meaning of a variable in abstract or conceptual terms.  
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show A set of proposed explanatory statements or propositions connected by logical arguments and by explicit and implicit assumptions.  
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show An event or a condition the researcher observes or measures or plans to investigate that is likely to vary.  
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Coherence   show
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show Abstract expression, term, or concept that is formulated (constructed) to serve as a casual or descriptive explanation.  
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show Included the initial hunches, questions, or insights and the resulting conjectural statements or suppositions that give direction to researchers observations.  
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Context of Justification   show
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show A variable the changes in which are viewed as dependent on changes in one or more other variables.  
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Experimental Hypothesis   show
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