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Research Terminology Matching Assignment Match the letter of theterm from A-L, to the questions below, I would use this as a guideto help me.

A. Interval

B. Cross-sectional

C. Ordinal

D. Basic research

E. Exploratory

F. Longitudinal

G. Operational definition

H. Ratio

I. Applied research

J. Nominal

K. Descriptive

L. Causal

1. A research study which includes repeated observations over aperiod of time. ____

2. A type of research that uses focus groups or small studies toget a “feel” for the problem. ____    

3. It means in name only, data that consist of observations thatcan only be classified and counted by category and have no inherentorder. For example: The colors chosen by car buyers at adealership. ____   

4. Using basic research methods, the outcome of the research isapplied to a business problem. ____   

5. A measurement scale that has no meaningful absolute zeropoint. For example: The scheduled arrival times (2:00pm, 2:30pm,and 3:00pm) of delivery trucks at a loading dock. ____  

6. Often used in marketing and sales, this type of researchalways asks “who, what, when, where, and how” inresearch questions. ____   

7. A measurement that uses absolute values. Height, weight,distance, and money are all examples. ____    

8. Numbers assigned to objects representative of the rank orderwhen the distance between each of the measures cannot be determinedscientifically. For example, a measure that indicates how a person“feels” on an issue. ____   

9. Research conducted where one unit is held steady, while theexperiment is conducted on the other unit. This is to test whetherthe experiment itself is the reason for change in the experimentalunit. ____   

10. The clinical or scientific method of research. This type ofresearch is often done in laboratories or in controlledcircumstances. ____   

11. A research question stated in terms of specific testing ormeasurement criteria. These terms must have empirical referents(this means that we must be able to count or measure them in someway). The object to be defined can be a physical one (a machinetool), or it can be an abstract one (achievement motivation). ____   

12. A research study which uses data collected at a single pointin time. This gives a snapshot of what is occurring somewhere at agiven time. ____