Practice Research clinic Pt1

A ________ is a broad question that preoccupies a large community of management scholars.

Puzzle

The two primary criteria upon which any theory may be evaluated are _______ and _______.

Falsifiability, Utility

The act of bringing in relevant citations, synthesizing the areas of literature, and laying out the basic assumptions, boundary conditions, and prescriptions of the literature to form an agreeable starting point is the act of _______.

Establishing Common Ground

Your thesis needs an empirical component, but some published articles don’t have any empirics. How do we call this type of research? ____________________

Conceptual Research

Firm size is a construct that may be operationalized with different measures, such as ________.

Revenue, Number of Employees, Total Assets

The type of variable that mediates the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable is called a ________ variable.

Mediating

The process of collecting data over multiple points in time for the same sample is known as collecting ________ data.

Longitudinal

The process of ensuring that findings from a study can be generalized to other populations, settings, and times is known as ________ validity.

External

The process of holding certain variables constant to isolate the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable is called ________.

Controlling

The broad framework for collecting, measuring, and analyzing data in a research study is called the ________.

Research Design

The three key aspects of empirical rigor are ________, ________, and ________.

Dependability, confirmability, Credibility

When the findings of a study are influenced by the specific characteristics of the sample rather than the phenomenon being studied, this threatens the study’s ________ validity.

Internal

The variable that influences the strength or direction of the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable is called a ________ variable.

Moderating

The process of defining and specifying how a construct will be measured in a research study is known as ________.

Operationalization

Data that is collected by the researcher firsthand through surveys, interviews, or experiments is called ________ data.

Primary

The process of systematically selecting units from a larger population to participate in a research study is called ________.

Sampling

The logical, interconnected set of concepts, definitions, and propositions that explains 'how,' 'why,' and 'when' a phenomenon occurs is called a ________.

Theory

The ability for a theory to be disproven through empirical testing is referred to as ________.

Falsifiability

The type of variable that remains unchanged and is accounted for to prevent it from affecting the dependent variable is called a ________ variable.

Control

A variable that is measured to determine the impact of the independent variable is called a ________ variable.

Dependent

Data that is collected at one single point in time is called ________ data.

Cross-sectional

The absence of key evidence or data in existing research is referred to as a(n) ________ gap.

Empirical

The process of ensuring that all items in a survey or test measure the same underlying construct is known as ________ consistency.

Content

The type of fallacy that occurs when conclusions about individuals are drawn from group-level data is known as the ________ fallacy.

Ecological

The aspect of a theory that requires it to be clear, precise, and logically coherent is referred to as ________.

Coherence

A ________ is a structured outline for collecting and analyzing data to address specific research questions.

Research Design

The measure of how well a test or survey captures the entirety of the construct it aims to measure is known as ________ validity.

Content

A type of data collection method where the same individuals are observed at multiple points in time is called ________ data.

Panel

The logical explanation that connects the theoretical arguments to specific hypotheses is referred to as a ________.

Logical Explanation

The act of explicitly highlighting gaps, contradictions, or puzzles within the literature to justify the need for further inquiry is known as ________.

Problematization

The statistical approach used to analyze the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables is called ________

Regression analysis

The major entity being analyzed in a study, such as an individual, group, or organization, is referred to as the ________

Unit of analysis

When existing concepts lack clear definitions or distinctions in the literature, this is called a ________ gap.

Conceptual

The ________ is a systematic framework for conceptualizing, conducting, and reporting empirical research.

Research canvas

The type of research that uses data to answer a research question and typically includes an empirical component is called ________ research.

Empirical

When researchers seek to generalize the findings from their sample to a broader population, they are concerned with ________ validity.

External

The systematic framework that outlines the puzzle, constructs, research questions, and contributions of a study is called the ________ .

Research canvas

The process of using citations, synthesizing areas of literature, and establishing the basic assumptions, boundary conditions, and prescriptions of the literature is called ________.

Establishing Common Ground

A theoretical framework that identifies relationships between constructs and provides a basis for hypotheses and propositions is known as a ________.

Theory

The process of selecting an appropriate sample, collecting relevant data, and analyzing it to answer research questions is called ________ design.

Research

The process of identifying and controlling for variables that might affect the relationship between the independent and dependent variables is called ________.

Control

The concept that defines how well operational definitions represent the intended theoretical construct is known as ________ validity.

Construct

A systematic framework used for developing, structuring, and reporting academic research articles is called the ________ building blocks framework.

Core

A ________ is a specific, testable prediction derived from theory about the relationship between two or more variables.

Hypothesis

The process of testing hypotheses to determine if they are supported by empirical evidence is known as ________.

Hypothesis Testing

A variable that explains the process or mechanism through which an independent variable affects a dependent variable is called a ________ variable.

Mediating

The type of research that builds theory from observations, rather than testing existing theory, is called ________ research.

Inductive

The incorrect generalization made about a group based on the behavior or characteristics of a single individual is known as the ________ fallacy.

Exception

The detailed review of past research that identifies key theories, concepts, and research gaps is known as a ________ review.

Literature

The systematic process of collecting and analyzing numerical data to test hypotheses and answer research questions is called ________ research.

Quantitative