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Does the research sample reflect the characteristics of the wider target population?

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A practice or preliminary test carried out before the actual, main experiment to 'root-out' any problems before hand.

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A variable can be measured by subjective/objective units of measurement

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A concept can not be measured. It is important for the concept to be converted into variables

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Open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

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This is the process where we specify how we will measure concepts of interest 'unambiguously'

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An educated guess for the outcome of an experiment

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Literary data, favoured by interpretivists

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Reflecting upon a previous experiment to see how it, or what could be improved.

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Building a good relationship between the researcher and the subject

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Lit: Noun: To understand.
Sociology: Walking in another's shoes, by understanding them.

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Those who perefer literary data often in the form of essays or by written hand

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Numerical data, favoured by positivists

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Those who like numerical data in the form of questionnares, graphs etc

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Can the experiment be repeated again and still get similar results? This can not coinside with validity.

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How true the results are to the experiment, research -
Interpretivists favour this. It can not coinside at the same level of power with reliability.

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Where the researcher's own experiences don't effect the study/experiment

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Where there is no influence of the researcher's own values from the study/experiment

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Taking a step back, and looking at the subject population or experiment without bias, as a whole

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Trends can be found through these patterns

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A pattern is a series of data that repeats in a recognizable way.

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“Generalisation is concerned with the application of research results to cases or situations beyond those examined in the study"

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Describes the extent to which research findings can be applied to other settings than that were originally tested.