QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
A form of research where the investigator has no control over the independent variable, but has power over how the dependent variable is measured....
QUALITATIVE DATA
Data that is not expressed quantitatively, or numerically. Descriptions of emotional reactions are expressed in qualitative terms.
QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH (QEEG)
An electroencephalograph that gives numerical results that can be analyzed.
QUASI-F RATIO
An F ratio that is formed by using an error mean square.
QUALITATIVE EVALUATION
An evaluation yielding narratives from unstructured methods of data collection. This approach is characterized by a goal-free evaluation rather than goal-based.
QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION
An evaluation method that yields numerical assessments garnered from formal methods of data collection. It provides answers to already designed objectives.
QUATERNITY
The fourfold concept of personality as postulated by Jung. Basically, Jung said there are four functions of ego: Feeling, Intuiting, Thinking and Sensing.
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
An approach to science that does not use numerical data when analyzing observations.
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
A study in genetics that examines traits that differ in degree as opposed to those in kind.
QUAZEPAM
A fast acting, medium potency benzodiazepine. It is a hypnotic that may accumulate in the system leading to daytime drowsiness.