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| A relationship between two or more variables in which one variable influences or explains the change in the other variables |
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| When two or more variables change value together in the same or opposite direction |
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| A variable whose value is believed to depend upon or to be caused by another variable |
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| Carefully designed and controlled attempts, usually conducted in a laboratory, to determine the effect of specific variables on a particular dependent variable or on the behavior or attitudes of the experiment's subjects |
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| The study of social life in its natural setting |
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| A statement of the expected relationship between two or more variables |
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| A variable that causes or produces change in the value of another (dependent) variable |
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| A relationship between two variables such that in the majority of cases, when one variable increases in value, the other decreases in value |
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| To specify how the variable is to be measured |
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| A research method in which the researcher systematically observes people while actually joining with them in their activities |
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| Perfect Positive Correlation |
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| A relationship between two variables such that they both change together and in the same direction in all cases |
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| The group of people to whom the results of research are applicable |
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| A relationship between two variables such that they both change together in the same direction in the majority of cases |
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| Research that emphasizes the uncovering of subjective meanings and ways people interact in everyday life through the use of descriptive, rather than numerical, data |
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| Research that emphasizes the statistical analysis of numerical data |
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| Process by which each member of a population of interest has the same chance of being selected for participation in the study |
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| Consistency in the measurement of a variable over time; the quality of measurement of the variable that suggests that the same results and data would be collected in repeated observations |
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| A subgroup of the population that accurately reflects the composition of the population as well as the distribution of important characteristics and attributes within the population |
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| A subgroup of the population from which the researcher will collect data |
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| Secondary Analysis of Existing Data |
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| The use of data initially collected by other researchers to analyze a topic of interest |
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| he extent to which a measure actually measures what is intended to measure |
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