Glossary

the process or practice of using another person's ideas or work and pretending that it is your own.

It relates to whether a result from a statistical hypothesis test is useful in real life. It is a way to address some of the limitations with traditional testing and answers the question Do your results have real life applications and meaning?

to declare or indicate in advance; or to foretell on the basis of observations, experience, or scientific reason

a test that is done on a product, piece of equipment, etc. to make sure it works before it is sold or used.

(also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions can be used in library science and other areas of scholarship, although different fields have somewhat different definitions.

the level of possibility of something happening or being true.

a set of actions that is the official or accepted way of doing something.

the first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms are developed.

It involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data (e.g., text, video, or audio) to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. It can be used to gather in-depth insights into a problem or generate new ideas for research.

Qualitative research is the opposite of quantitative research, which involves collecting and analyzing numerical data for statistical analysis.

Qualitative research is commonly used in the humanities and social sciences, in subjects such as anthropology, sociology, education, health sciences, history, etc.

is data expressing a certain quantity, amount or range. Usually, there are measurement units associated with the data, e.g. metres, in the case of the height of a person. It makes sense to set boundary limits to such data, and it is also meaningful to apply arithmetic operations to the data.