Concepts_and_Terms_ed_490 fall 2011

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ED 490: 

ED 490 RESEARCH METHODS

ED 490: 

ED 490 Some important terms and concepts # Cause and effect # Experimental research # Variables # Independent variable # Dependent Variable # Randomization # Control Group/Treatment Group

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ED 490 # Validity: Internal Validity External Validity # Hypothesis: Null Hypothesis # Statistical Significance: Probability p>.05, p>.01 # Correlation Correlation Coefficient -1.00 and +100

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ED 490 Quantitative Research: Collection and Analysis of numerical data to explain or predict phenomena. Qualitative Research: Collection and analysis of narrative, visual or document data to gain insights

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ED 490 Standard Deviation : The spread between test scores also known as the variance, more precisely the square root of the variance.