Write the short the meaning of the following terms/words :

(a) Non-Participant Observation

(b) Methodology

(c) Field Study

(d) Interview Bias

(e) Generalization

(f) Interview

(g) Independent Variable

(h) Selection

(a) Non-Participant Observation: It

is a method of observation in which an investigator directly observes a group without becoming a functioning member of the group or taking part in its activities.

(b) Methodology : The conceptual, logical and research procedures by which knowledge is developed.

(c) Field Study : A kind of research in which the subjects of investigations are observed under their usual environmental conditions.

(d) Interview Bias : Effects that interviewers have on respondents that lead to biased answer.

(e) Generalization : A general statement of preposition based on specific observations.

(f) Interview : Face-to-face method of collecting serial data at the individual level.

(g) Independent Variable : A variable whose occurrence or change results in the occurrences or change of another variable, in a controlled experiment, the variable that is introduced into the experimental group.

(h) Selection : Here the selection means that there is a focus in observation and also editing before, during and after the observations are made.