QUASI-CONTROL SUBJECTS
Participants in a research project who are asked for their view regarding the context of the conduct of the research and to give their...
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
An experiment in which participants are assigned to either control groups or experimental groups in a non-random manner.
QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (QTL)
Points on the genome that contain genes that contribute to any variation in a give trait.
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Quantitative research uses numeriacl data from observations to come to conclusions.
QUINTILE
20% of a distribution of scores. The first quintile, for example could be the lowest fifth.
QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Freud's theory that when it comes to mental processes, there is a qualitative and quantitative quality when it comes to their psychic energy. Processes...
QUAZEPAM
A fast acting, medium potency benzodiazepine. It is a hypnotic that may accumulate in the system leading to daytime drowsiness.
QUARTILE
Breaking down of scores into blocks each representing 25 percent of total scores. For example, the lowest 25 %, the next 26 to...
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
A study in genetics that examines traits that differ in degree as opposed to those in kind.
QALYS
An acronym for "Quality Adjusted Life Years"