Match Key Terms
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Broad idea or issue within educational field.
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Significance
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Clarifies or supports existing theory; presents contradictory findings; solves
existing practical problems
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Research Questions
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Presents the intent of the research and establishes direction of study for data
collection
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Hypothesis
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Interrogative questions that narrow the purpose statement to specific questions that
the researcher intends to answer.
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Independent Variables
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Describes range and broadness of study
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Delimitations
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Narrows study and describes details not included in study.
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Research Topic
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Narrows study based on unintended design factors. Can potentially interfere
with interpretation of study.
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Purpose
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Represents why? So what? Who cares? And other factors related to value of
study.
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Limitations
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Characteristic influenced by the independent variable
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Dependent Variables
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Characteristic that influences the outcome or dependent variable
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Scope
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A prediction or conjecture the researcher makes based on past research and
includes independent, dependent, control and intervening variables.
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Research Problem
