Research That Is Conducted with the Goals of Understanding Phenomena

question 34

Multiple Choice

Research that is conducted with the goals of understanding phenomena and testing a theory is referred to as __________ research.

• A) correlational
• B) applied
• C) basic
• D) idiographic

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Definitions:

T-Table Values

Values found in a T-table are used to determine critical values of the t-distribution, helpful in hypothesis testing and constructing confidence intervals when the population standard deviation is unknown.

Expected Value

The long-run average value of repetitions of an experiment it represents; a fundamental concept in probability and statistics.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method that models the relationship between a single independent variable and a dependent variable by fitting a linear equation to observed data.

T-Table Values

Critical values from the t-distribution, used to determine the acceptability of a hypothesis based on the sample data.