Survey Research
Survey research is most appropriate when the goal is achieving what kind of validity?
Measurement validity
Descriptive statistics describe what?
The distribution of and relationship between variables.
Intensive interviewing tends to be highly structured. True or false?
False
Using both qualitative and quantitative methods is called what?
Mixed methods
Outlining a draft after writing it is called what?
Reverse outlining
What scenario leads to sampling error?
Sending multiple invitations to different samples within the same population.
Name a descriptive statistic.
Frequencies
Researchers should avoid affecting the setting under study. True or false?
True
The services delivered by a program are known as what?
Program outputs
Most research articles start with an ______.
Abstract
Survey research involves what type of data collection?
Standardized questions in systematic data collection.
What kind of statistics allow population estimates with a degree of confidence?
Inferential Statistics
A person in your target population, granting access to a research setting is a what?
Gatekeeper
Investigating the process of service delivery is what kind of evaluation?
Process evaluation
Who decides whether academic journal articles are published?
Anonymous experts (peer reviewers)
What type of validity do surveys aim for when making claims about a population?
Sample generalizability
Which measures represent central tendency
Median & Mean
What do qualitative researchers rely on instead of large-scale numeric data?
Interviews, observations, and rich description
What is the largest academic archive of secondary data?
ICPSR
The goal of research is to discover something AND…
Communicate it to a larger audience
Name one major threat to survey accuracy besides sampling error.
Nonresponse bias or measurement error
Statistics that analyze relationships between two variables are called what?
Bivariate
What is a key goal of qualitative research?
Understanding meaning, context, and process
Secondary analysis means what?
Using existing data to answer new research questions
Overall, social scientists are ______.
making sense of the world from a systematic approach.