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Word to describe "continuous relationship" between predictor and outcome variable [closed]
I'm writing my methods section where I want to stress that I am not looking at the effect by condition, but exploring the continuous relationship between my predictor variable and the dependent ...
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For inclusiveness sake, what is the consensus about which usage of "blind" should be changed?
In academic contexts, what is the consensus on whether we should avoid using "blind" as a category of persons, or should we avoid using it as an adjective (or both or none)? Does it vary ...
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What is the Latin term "pace" used for when referencing other scholars?
I frequently come across references to other scholars like:
In period P, syntactic construct C did not have function F (pace Smith 2000).
I understand that pace here signals that Smith (2000) ...
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Difference between proposing a research framework and research approach
I would like to get some concrete examples as to what is the difference between saying that I am presenting a research framework and a research approach.
Take the field of robotics or any other ...
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Channeling bias in social science / epidemiological research?
Has anyone seen "channeling bias" in the context of epidemiological research? I'm working on a manuscript describing analysis of a workplace-based, non-medical occupational health intervention using ...
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What is the difference between an explanation and an interpretation?
Can someone please clarify for me if there is a difference between an explanation and an interpretation in scientific discourse?
Whenever I am writing up results, I am careful to distinguish ...
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Difference between research gap and research question
While writing a research proposal, I am confused about the difference between research gap and research question. What I understand is you can first identify the research gap and then move find ...
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What is the scientific term for a “research gap”?
After I read about 40 papers in my research topic, I summarized 25 of them in my thesis, explaining methods used and solutions provided in the literature survey and literature-review sections. I found ...
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Vertices & edges vs. nodes & links
I'm writing a paper on graphs. Personally, I've always disliked the vertices/edges terminology. I found it very confusing when I started working with graphs, and I much prefer the alternative names ...
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What exactly is “quantification”?
As I’m writing my final words within a research paper, I was curious regarding the term quantification of results.
Namely I’ve performed a correlation analysis in a quasi-experiment. The research is ...
