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| CHAPTER CHECKLIST |
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| WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH? Examples of Quantitative Research AN ETHICAL ISSUE: Giving Your Children Permission to Participate in a Research Study Deductive Reasoning A Model for Conceptualizing Quantitative Research |
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| CREATING THE FOUNDATION FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH |
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| RESEARCH HYPOTHESES FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH Directional Hypotheses Nondirectional Hypotheses Assessing Hypotheses Null Hypotheses Research Traditions in the Use of Hypotheses |
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| RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH |
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| TYPES OF VARIABLES Independent Variables DESIGN CHECK: What Is Sex? What Is Gender? Dependent Variables The Relationship Between Independent and Dependent Variables Intervening and Confounding Variables |
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| OPERATIONALIZING VARIABLES TRY THIS! Identifying Independent and Dependent Variables |
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| MAKING THE CASE FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH TRY THIS! Operationalizing Variables Advantages of Quantitative Research Limitations of Quantitative Research Issues of Reliability and Validity Threats to Reliability and Validity |
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| SUMMARY |
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| KEY TERMS |