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| What is the scientific method? |
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| A systematic, organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem. |
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| What is an operational definition? |
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| An explanation about an abstract term that is specific enough to allow a researcher to assess the concept. |
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| A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables. |
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| A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions. |
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| What is an independent variable? |
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| In a causal relationship that causes or influences a change in a second variable. |
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| What is a dependent variable? |
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| In a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable. |
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| Relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence, with one event leading to the other. |
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| A relationship between two variables in which a change in one coincides with a change in the other. |
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| A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population. |
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| A sample for which every member of an entire population has the same chance of being selected. |
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| The degree to which a measure or scale truly reflects the phenomenon under study. |
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| The extent to which a measure produces consistent results. |
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| What is a control variable? |
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| A factor that is held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable. |
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| What is a research design? |
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| A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically. |
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| A study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire, that provides researchers with information about how people think and act. |
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| What is quantitative research? |
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| Collects and reports data primarily in numerical form. |
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| What is qualitative research? |
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| Relies on what is seen in field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data. |
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| A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation and by closely watching a group or community. |
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| The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation, |
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| An artificially created situation that allows a researcher to manipulate variables. |
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| What is an experimental group? |
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| The subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable introduced by a researcher. |
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| The subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher. |
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| What is the hawthorne effect? |
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| The unintended influence that observers of experiments can have on their subjects. |
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| What is secondary analysis? |
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| A variety of research techniques that make use of previously collected and publicly accessible information and data. |
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| What is content analysis? |
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| The systematic coding and objective recording data, guided by some rationale. |
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| What is a code of ethics? |
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| The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession. |
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| What is value neutrality? |
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| Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data. |
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| A table that shows the relationship between two or more variables. |
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| What are the steps in the scientific method? |
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| 1. Defining the problem 2. Reviewing the literature 3. formulating the hypothesis 4. selecting the research design/collecting/analyzing data 5. developing the conclusion. |
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| What are the most used existing sources in sociological research? |
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| Does a measure or scale truly reflect what is being studied? |
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| How much a measure produces consistent results? |
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| Used content analysis to see how advertisements in 1979 showed women as inferior to men. |
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| Called attention to mainstream society treating the lives of african americans as a problem. |
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