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אנגלית מתקדמים ב' - research vocabulary - 293855
אנגלית מתקדמים ב' - research vocabulary - 293855
5. Cohort Study: A type of observational study that analyzes risk factors and follows a
group of people who do not have the disease, and uses correlations to determine
the absolute risk of subject contraction.
6. Control Group: In experiments, a group of subjects that does not receive the
treatment being tested, used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested
subjects do.
9. Double-blind Study: A study in which neither the participants nor the experimenters
know who is receiving a particular treatment.
12. Experimental Group: In an experiment, the group that is exposed to the treatment
that constitutes the independent variable.
14. Independent Variable: The variable that is varied or manipulated by the researcher.
15. Inferential Statistics: Statistics that are used to infer patterns about a population
based on a sample.
16. Literature Review: A comprehensive survey of scholarly articles, books, and other
sources relevant to a particular area of research.
17. Longitudinal Study: A research design that involves repeated observations of the
same variables over short or long periods of time.
18. Meta-analysis: A statistical analysis that combines the results of multiple scientific
studies.
19. Methodology: The systematic, theoretical analysis of the methods applied to a field
of study.
20. Mixed Methods: A research approach that combines quantitative and qualitative
research methods.
22. Peer Review: The evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence
to the producers of the work (peers).
23. Population: In research, the entire group of individuals or instances about whom the
information is desired.
26. Quantitative Research: Research that focuses on quantifying the collection and
analysis of data.
27. Random Sample: A sample that fairly represents a population because each member
of the population has an equal chance of being included.
29. Research Design: The overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different
components of the study in a coherent and logical way.
31. Secondary Source: Any source about an event, period, or issue in history that was
produced after that event, period or issue has passed.
32. Statistical Significance: A measure of the strength of the evidence that rejects the
null hypothesis.
33. Survey: A research method for collecting information from a predefined group of
respondents to gain information and insights on various topics of interest.
37. Variable: Any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types.
38. Blinding/Masking: A procedure in which one or more parties in the trial are unaware
of the treatment assignments.
39. Cross-sectional Study: A type of observational study that analyzes data from a
population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time.
40. Data Analysis: The process of systematically applying statistical and/or logical
techniques to describe and illustrate, condense and recap, and evaluate data.
41. Descriptive Statistics: Statistics that summarize the data collected in a study.
43. Factor Analysis: A statistical method used to describe variability among observed,
correlated variables in terms of potentially lower number of unobserved variables.
44. Generalizability: The extent to which research findings and conclusions from a study
conducted on a sample population can be applied to the population at large.
45. Intervention Study: A study where the researchers intervene to change something
(e.g., administer a drug).
46. Narrative Analysis: A method of analyzing the narratives or stories that participants
tell to investigate the meanings that these narratives have for the participant.
47. Observational Study: A type of study in which individuals are observed or certain
outcomes are measured.
48. Pilot Study: A small-scale preliminary study conducted to evaluate feasibility, time,
cost, risk, and adverse events involved in a full-scale study.
49. Regression Analysis: A statistical process for estimating the relationships among
variables.
50. Sampling Error: The error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole
population.