A descriptive statistic that is a measure of central tendency. It is the value that occurs most frequently in the data. For example, if survey respondents are ages 21, 33, 33, 33, 45 and 76, the modal age is 33.
A sampling technique that involves selecting samples in multiple stages (e.g., first selecting clusters, then individuals within those clusters. Drawing a sample from a population using smaller and smaller groups at each stage.
Statistical techniques that analyse relationships among multiple variables simultaneously. Examples include regression, factor analysis, and MANOVA. Any of several statistical methods for examining more than one predictor (independent) variable or more than one outcome (dependent) variable or both.
Variables, events or conditions that can be placed into one category and no other. If there is no overlapping part between two events, we say they are mutually exclusive. However, mutually exclusive does not mean the two events are independent.
It is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that he or she will keep on reading. A storytelling device used to engage readers or viewers by presenting an intriguing or suspenseful opening that compels them to continue.
Narrative research is a term that subsumes a group of approaches that in turn rely on the written or spoken words or visual representation of individuals. These approaches typically focus on the individuals’ own lives.
Natural selection is a process in nature through which living organisms adapt and change in response to an environmental condition. A non-random-difference in reproductive output among replicating entities
Negative results may refer to null results, as a result which shows no evidence of the intended effect or there is no relationship between two measured phenomena.
A way of analysing literature based on the text alone. It takes a close reading of a work and analyses the content, such as by looking at themes, structures like iambic pentameter, and literary devices