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| In-depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual |
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| a set of guidelines that the American Sociological Association has established to foster ethical research and professionally responsible scholarship in sociology |
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| applying a systematic approach to record and value information gleaned from secondary data as it relates to the study at hand |
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| when a change in one variable coincides with a change in another variable, but does not necessarily indicate causation |
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| a variable changed by other variables |
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| evidence that comes from direct experience, scientifically gathered data, or experimentation |
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| observing a complete social setting and all that it entails |
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| the testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions |
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| gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experiment or a survey |
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| when study subjects behave in a certain manner due to their awareness of being observed by a researcher |
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| a testable educated guess about predicted outcomes between two or more variables |
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| variables that cause changes in dependent variables |
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| a sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing |
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| a one-on-one conversation between the researcher and the subject |
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| a scholarly research step that entails identifying and studying all existing studies on a topic to create a basis for new research |
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| a technique in which the results of virtually all previous studies on a specific subject are evaluated together |
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| using secondary data, does not include direct contact with subjects and will not alter or influence people’s behaviors |
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| specific explanations of abstract concepts that a researcher plans to study |
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| when a researcher immerses herself in a group or social setting in order to make observations from an “insider” perspective |
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| a defined group serving as the subject of a study |
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| data that are collected directly from firsthand experience |
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| comprise information that is subjective and often based on what is seen in a natural setting |
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| represent research collected in numerical form that can be counted |
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| a study’s participants being randomly selected to serve as a representation of a larger population |
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| a measure of a study’s consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced |
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| small, manageable number of subjects that represent the population |
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| an established scholarly research method that involves asking a question, researching existing sources, forming a hypothesis, designing and conducting a study, and drawing conclusions |
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| using data collected by others but applying new interpretations |
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| collect data from subjects who respond to a series of questions about behaviors and opinions, often in the form of a questionnaire |
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| the degree to which a sociological measure accurately reflects the topic of study |
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| a practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results |
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