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what is scientific research? - ✔✔a systematic process of collecting,
analyzing, & interpreting info/data to answer questions to extend
knowledge
what is evaluation designed to do? - ✔✔improve
- decision-making
what is research designed to do? - ✔✔prove
- draw conclusions
who is the audience for research? - ✔✔other researchers; contribution
to the field
,who is the audience for evaluation? - ✔✔internal or external
stakeholders
what is the focus for research? - ✔✔- generalizable
- scientific inquiry based on intellectual curiosity
what is the focus for evaluation? - ✔✔- particularity
- for institutional use
what is the outcome for research? - ✔✔produces generalizable
knowledge
what is the outcome for evaluation? - ✔✔judges merit or work
what are the steps to the scientific method? - ✔✔- problem
- question
- research
- implement
- results
, - publish
independent vs. dependent variables? - ✔✔the effect of variable A on
variable B
- Aye you're independent!
- Boo you're dependent!
what is the statement of the problem? - ✔✔explains the problem and
provides the context for why the research is needed
what is a literature review? - ✔✔a review of research already
completed - the statement of the problem is based on this
what are variables? - ✔✔any characteristic that can take on different
values & are measured, controlled, or manipulated in research
what are categorical variables? - ✔✔when they take on values that are
names or labels
- sex