Applied Research Methods in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

GLOSSARY

Academia

Referring to higher education- and/or university-based work

Agreement bias

Psychological condition in which respondents want to appear positive (agreeable) and not negative (disagreeable) in general, regardless of how they actually feel about the idea, proposal, or decision that is the subject of the question

Alternative hypothesis

As opposed to the null hypothesis, a statement of expectation of finding a relationship between two variables

Ambiguity

Confusing or unclear phrasing in surveys

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

Statistical test measuring how variance in a variable is explained by three or more groupings with the variable

Annotated bibliography

Summary of sources used in a research project, usually containing bibliographic ...