Research Related Terms: A Review

Ensuring the reliability and validity of a research study is crucial to the success of the entire research project. If a research study is not reliable and valid, it amounts to nothing more than a waste of time, for it would be unusable for the field (La Sorte, 1972). Replication and verification are elements that can ensure the reliability and validity of research projects. Replication occurs when a researcher repeats a specific study, even using the “same methodology” (Hagan, 2017, p. 6). One specific use of replication is to find any problems with the reliability of a prior study (Nosek & Errington, 2020, p. 1). Replication is one technique used for verification in research studies (LaSorte, 1972, p. 218). Verification is the “confirmation of the accuracy of findings; attainment of greater certitude in conclusions through additional observations (Hagan, 2017, p.6), which adds to the “reliability and validity of a study” (Morse, 2002, p. 17).Research studies, based on the objective of the research, can be designed as pure or applied research. Pure research is gaining new knowledge to advance a specific research discipline (Hagan, 2017, p. 10). Applied research is geared more specifically to a particular problem area (p.