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A sampling matrix is a set of pre-specified goals for the diversity of a sample decided prior to data collection (e.g., 50% male, 50% female). Setting pre-specified goals and sticking to these goals while sampling might help one's sample better approximate the population of interest.
Pettit, A. (2015). What is a sampling matrix? Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141029131658-6511942-what-is-a-sampling-matrix/
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Methodology
A list of all of the units in the population to be sampled that is used to identify the units to be included in the sample.
Bamberger, M., Rugh, J., & Mabry, L. (2006). Real world evaluation: Working under budget, time, data, and political constraints. Sage Publications.
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Methodology
"Providing assistance to students on an as-needed basis with fading out of assistance as the competence increases."
van Geert, P., & Steenbeek, H. (2005). The dynamics of scaffolding. New ideas in Psychology, 23(3), 115-128.
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Therapy & Therapeutic Techniques
4 Scale
A scale is an instrument that measures qualitative constructs through the representation of those constructs in quantitative metric units. For example, a researcher investigating life satisfaction may have participants respond on a scale of 1-5, where 1 denotes "low life satisfaction" and 5 denotes "high life satisfaction."
“Before and after-school programs located on many military installations that provide activities and supervision of school-age children of military families.”
Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
6 Scope
“In research, how broad a research question is and how widely it can be generalized (applied to populations outside of participants who have been included in the study).”
Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
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Methodology
A tool used to quickly determine if a problem exists.
Tinney, G. & Gerlock, A.A. (2014). Intimate partner violce, military personnel, veterans, and their families. Family Court Review, 52(3), 400-416. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12100
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Therapy & Therapeutic Techniques
Secondary data analysis involves the use of previously collected data in a particular research field to study a different research question. Researchers can recycle data from one article or combine data from various studies to create a new, larger sample as well.
Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A., & Liao, T. (2004). The SAGE encyclopedia of social science research methods (Vols. 1–3). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412950589
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Methodology
Services targeting those who may be at greater risk for offending OR services provided when concerning behaviors associated with abuse are identified; the goal is to address risk factors and identified problems in the early stages of development and prevent future harm.
Jaffe, P. G., & Wolfe, D. A. (2003). Prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault. VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. https://vawnet.org/material/prevention-domestic-violence-and-sexual-assault
“The indirect exposure to trauma due to interactions with the traumatized person that begins to affect the well-being of the persons around the individual.”
Blaisure, K. R., Saathoff-Wells, T., Pereira, A., MacDermid Wadsworth, S., & Dombro, A. L. (2015). Serving military families -theories, research, and application. Taylor & Francis Ltd.
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Health (Mental & Physical)