Specialist dictionary

Measurement, validity and reliability

Operationalisation, validity, reliability, measurement error and research quality.

Areas within Measurement, validity and reliability

Experimental design

Controlled studies, assignment, comparison groups and causal inference.

3 words

Qualitative research

Research using detailed non-numerical evidence and interpretive methods.

3 words

Research design

Research questions, study designs, hypotheses, controls, variables and causal reasoning.

65 words

Qualitative methods

Interviews, focus groups, observation, coding, themes and interpretive analysis.

67 words

Quantitative methods

Measurement, numerical data, statistical modelling and quantitative analysis.

71 words

Sampling

Populations, samples, sampling frames, probability sampling and sampling bias.

41 words

Measurement, validity and reliability

Operationalisation, validity, reliability, measurement error and research quality.

88 words

Statistical inference

Estimation, uncertainty, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and statistical inference.

126 words

Evidence synthesis

Systematic reviews, meta-analysis, literature searches and synthesis of evidence.

35 words

Ethics and reproducibility

Research ethics, consent, integrity, transparency, replication and reproducibility.

55 words

Data collection

Surveys, questionnaires, instruments, fieldwork, records and data capture.

36 words

Academic publishing

Peer review, manuscripts, citations, journals, publication and scholarly communication.

44 words

Experimental design research

Specialist vocabulary classified under Research methods.

1 words

Research ethics

Specialist vocabulary classified under Research methods.

1 words

Systematic review

Specialist vocabulary classified under Research methods.

7 words
Core vocabulary

88 featured terms

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Accuracynoun

the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my acc…

Biasverb

cause to be biased

Cogencynoun

the quality of being valid and rigorous

Constructverb

draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"

Dependabilitynoun

the quality of being dependable or reliable

Dependablenessnoun

the quality of being dependable or reliable

Errornoun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I cou…

Faultnoun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I cou…

Instrumentnoun

the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"

Measurenoun

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved…

Measurementnoun

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved…

Measuringnoun

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved…

Mensurationnoun

the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved…

Mistakenoun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I cou…

Precisenessnoun

the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision…

Precisionnoun

the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance; "he handled it with the preciseness of an automaton"; "note the meticulous precision…

Predetermineverb

cause to be biased

Reliabilitynoun

the quality of being dependable or reliable

Reliablenessnoun

the quality of being dependable or reliable

Rigornoun

the quality of being valid and rigorous

Rigournoun

the quality of being valid and rigorous

Toolnoun

the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"

Truthnoun

the quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my acc…

Validitynoun

the quality of being valid and rigorous

Actinometrynoun

measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)

Anemographynoun

recording anemometrical measurements

Anemometrynoun

measuring wind speed and direction

Angleverb

present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

Angulationnoun

the precise measurement of angles

Anthropometrynoun

measurement and study of the human body and its parts and capacities

Bathymetrynoun

measuring the depths of the oceans

Bloomernoun

an embarrassing mistake

Blotnoun

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Blundernoun

an embarrassing mistake

Botchnoun

an embarrassing mistake

Bunglenoun

an embarrassing mistake

Calorimetrynoun

measurement of quantities of heat

Cockupnoun

something badly botched or muddled

Confusionnoun

a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"

Distortionnoun

the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

Duplicabilitynoun

the quality of being reproducible

Exactnessnoun

the quality of being exact; "he demanded exactness in all details"; "a man of great exactitude"

Fidelitynoun

accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal

Follynoun

a stupid mistake

Foolishnessnoun

a stupid mistake

Hydrometrynoun

the measurement of specific gravity

Hypsographynoun

measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Hypsometrynoun

measurement of the elevation of land above sea level

Imbecilitynoun

a stupid mistake

Incursionnoun

the mistake of incurring liability or blame

Infallibilitynoun

the quality of never making an error

Lapsenoun

a mistake resulting from inattention

Micrometrynoun

measuring with a micrometer

Miscuenoun

a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Misreckoningnoun

a mistake in calculating

Observationnoun

the act of making and recording a measurement

Omissionnoun

a mistake resulting from neglect

Oversightnoun

a mistake resulting from inattention

Photometrynoun

measurement of the properties of light (especially luminous intensity)

Plumbingnoun

measuring the depths of the oceans

Quantificationnoun

the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something

Quantitative analysisnoun

chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance

Quantitative chemical analysisnoun

chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance

Readingnoun

the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"

Renegenoun

the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

reproducibilitynoun

the quality of being reproducible

Revokenoun

the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

Samplingnoun

measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)

Scalingnoun

act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale

Seismographynoun

the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes

Skipnoun

a mistake resulting from neglect

Slantverb

present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

Slipnoun

a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

Smearnoun

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Smirchnoun

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Soliditynoun

the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally; "the solidity of the evidence worked in his favor"; "the solidness…

Solidnessnoun

the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally; "the solidity of the evidence worked in his favor"; "the solidness…

Soundingnoun

the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)

Spirometrynoun

the use of a spirometer to measure vital capacity

Spotnoun

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Stainnoun

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Stupiditynoun

a stupid mistake

Surveyingnoun

the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map; "he studied surveying at college"

Thermogravimetrynoun

the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances

Thermometrynoun

the measurement of temperature

Thoroughnessnoun

property of being marked by full detail, complete in all respects.; "Seitz had never heard of Wertham, but he recalls being struck by the precis…

Tonometrynoun

the measurement of intraocular pressure by determining the amount of force needed to make a slight indentation in the cornea

Weightverb

present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"