Basics
The definition of social science
The science used to investigate individuals, societies, and social processes
Which trials established the need for research ethics relating to human subjects?
Nuremberg War Crime Trials
What is the definition of independent variable?
A variable that is hypothesized to cause, or lead to, variation in another variable.
What question do you always need to answer when writing a thesis statement?
"So what?"
Is correlation to same of causation?
No!!!
The four different types of research
Descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, evaluative
DAILY DOUBLE: The Belmont Report summarizes ethical principles and guidelines for human subjects research. What are the three core principles?
Respect for persons, beneficence, justice
What is another term for internal validity?
Causality
Fill in the blank: writing a literature review is like a ___________.
Dinner party
What are the two fundamental methods for qualitative research?
Participant observation and in-depth interview
Is a hypothesis the same as a theory?
NO
The IRB stand for what?
Institutional Review Board
What are the four levels of measurement (types of variables)?
Nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
Which verb tense do I (and other scholars) recommend writing in?
Present tense
What is the purpose of sampling?
Examine a set of individuals (or other entities) that gives us a valid picture of all such individuals (or other entities)
Which comes first with deductive reasoning, theory or data?
Theory
The research misconduct acronym, FFP, stands for what?
Fabrication, Falsification, Plagiarism
The definition of p-hacking
The process of adding in and taking away variables until your finding is significant (p-value = 0.05)
DAILY DOUBLE: How many quotes should you include in your entire final paper?
1 or 2
(I will accept either of these)
What are the three main criteria for causality?
Association, time-order, and nonspuriousness
What is the definition of measurement validity?
When a measure measures what we think it measures
At which research stage is ethical decision-making the most important?
ALL OF THEM
When one sums/averages multiple related questions in an index, what statistical test do you run to make sure they are related enough?
Cronbach's Alpha
What are three words you could use instead of important?
Imperative, essential, crucial
What is the most common research method in academia?
Secondary data analysis