A Researcher Is Doing a Study of Peer Groups in Middle

question 31

Multiple Choice

A researcher is doing a study of peer groups in middle school. She interviews five girls and five boys. She is doing a grounded theory study; hence, she decides to start by generating her codes as she scans through her transcriptions of her data. These codes are labeled:

• A) A priori codes
• B) Post hoc codes
• C) Inductive codes
• D) Master list codes

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Variation

A standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution, expressed as a ratio of the standard deviation to the mean.

Index Funds

A type of mutual fund or exchange-traded fund designed to follow or track the components of a market index, such as the S&P 500.

PHStat

A software add-in for Microsoft Excel that assists in statistical analyses.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean of the set.