A sociological research method in which the researcher becomes an active member of the group being researched.
What is participant observation?
100
The "cause" variable; the one the researcher wants to test as the presumed cause of something else
What is an independent variable?
100
The degree to which a measurement accurately measures or reflects a concept. Does it measure what it is supposed to measure?
What is validity?
100
A person with whom the participant observer works closely in order to learn about the group.
What is an informer?
100
Revealing the true purpose of an experiment only after it is completed.
What is debriefing?
200
This involves several steps in a research process, including observation, hypothesis testing, analysis of data, and generalization.
What is the scientific method?
200
The presumed effect.
What is the dependent variable?
200
This type of research is best represented using numbers and statistical analyses.
What is quantitative research?
200
The type of research method in which the members of the group being studied do not know they are being researched.
What is covert participant observation?
200
This was the clearest ethical violations in all of the history of science.
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
300
The belief that because the Catholic doctrine forbids abortion, Catholics would be less likely than other religious groups to support abortion rights is an example of what kind of reasoning/logic?
What is deductive reasoning?
300
An abstract characteristic or attribute that can potentially be measured.
What is a concept?
300
This type of research is less structured than quantitative, allowing for interpretation, nuance, and context in which to examine social behavior.
What is qualitative research?
300
Highly focused ways of collecting data and are especially useful for determining a pattern of cause and effect.
What is a controlled experiment?
300
This type of research examines sociological themes over time, and is typically done through an analysis of archives.
What is historical research?
400
This logic arrives at general conclusions based on specific observations.
What is inductive reasoning?
400
Something that points to or reflects an abstract concept; a way of "seeing" a concept.
What is an indicator?
400
Data, in singular form.
What is datum?
400
A way of measuring by examining the cultural artifacts of what people write, say, see, and hear.
What is content analysis?
400
Group members know they are research subjects
What is overt participant observation?
500
Changing your behavior while being studied/observed in research.
What is the Hawthorne Effect?
500
The extent to which research results are consistent and repeating. Replicable.
What is reliability?
500
Something that emerges from a study that was not anticipated
What is serendipity?
500
This type of research assesses the effect of policies and programs on people in society.