Scientific Research Glossary Concept A generalized class name which represents certain abstracted properties of the objects found within the class.
More inference is required in the process of abstracting the properties identified by the construct.
Controlled variable A factor or condition whose influence on the dependent variable in a particular investigation is eliminated experimentally or otherwise. Corollary A proposition deductively related to a postulate and also empirically testable in terms of its logical implications. The terminology in which data are recorded, that is, the strictly empirical or observational language. Deduction A formal logic in which specific conclusions are drawn from generalized premises. A symbolic proposition, usually a verbal statement, that is generally agreed upon by some particular group of persons.