A Researcher Interviews Students to Find Out Their Experiences in an Educational

question 39

Multiple Choice

A researcher interviews students to find out their experiences in an educational research class and later constructs a frequency distribution that shows the number of times words such as anxiety or fun were used during the interviews. This is known as:

• A) Hypothesis testing
• B) Quantitizing
• C) Qualitizing
• D) Merging

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A measure calculated from a sample data to perform a hypothesis test.

P-Value

The likelihood of getting findings from tests that are at least as extreme as what was observed, assuming the correctness of the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption that is tested against an alternative hypothesis.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, often referred to as a "false positive."