Research methods terminology - a list

• A focus group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_group
• Applied research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_research
• Basic vs applied research: http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/research-main.html
• Causality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality
• Covert participant observation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_participant_observation
• Induction and deduction: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php
• Indirect quotation: http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/indirquoterm.htm
• Levels of measurement: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/measlevl.php
• Topping and tailing in chapters: http://www.100kclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Bonus-Report-4-ToppingTailing.pdf
• Pilot questionnaire: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~kate/qmcweb/q11.htm
• CAQDAS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_assisted_qualitative_data_analysis_software
• Gantt chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart
• Plagiarism: http://www4.caes.hku.hk/plagiarism/introduction.htm
• A hypothesis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
• Likert scale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likert_scale
• Annotated biblography: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/annotated-bibliography
• Discourse analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_analysis
• Transdisciplinarity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdisciplinarity
• Participant observation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participant_observation
• Deontological ethics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deontological_ethics
• Sample size determination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample_size_determination
• Purposive sampling: http://changingminds.org/explanations/research/sampling/purposive_sampling.htm
• Abstract: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_(summary)
• SMART objectives: http://www.learnmarketing.net/smart.htm
• Social constructionism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism
• Relevance gap: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/bjom/2001/00000012/A00100s1/art00199
• Cluster sampling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_sampling
• Dependent and independent variables: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_and_independent_variables