Survey Research; Experiments
THIS type of survey question presents a list of pre-written responses for the respondent to choose from; THIS type of survey question may include the option "other" or leave space for respondents to answer in their own words
What is Closed-ended; open-ended
This type of ethnographic field work limits the risk of the ethnographer altering the social dynamic in the field, but also increases the risk of misunderstanding the situation and has ethical implications
What is covert observation?
BLANK measures are measures collected by observing the overt and observable actions of participants; BLANK measures are self-reported responses of participants to questions about their attitudes, opinions, emotions, and beliefs; and BLANK measures are biological responses to stimuli
THIS is the analysis of a single variable; THIS is the analysis of the relationship between two variables; THIS is the analysis of the relationship between 3 or more variables
What is univariate; what is bivariate; what is multivariate
When researchers design and carry out their own data collection
What is primary data collection
Strengths of this survey method include relative cheapness and reduced interviewer effects
What is online survey administration
When an interview respondent is demonstrating that they feel a certain way through their facial expressions or body language it's called BLANK, and the researcher may ask THIS type of question to dig deeper
What are nonverbal cues; what is probing
Materials related to popular culture, including paintings, novels, songs, television shows, movies, magazines, and comic books. They can be analyzed for the social beliefs and attitudes they represent
What are cultural artifacts
BLANK variables moderate the relationship between an independent and dependent variable; while BLANK variables link the independent and dependent variable; BLANKS on the other hand act on both the independent and dependent variable and account for the relationship we thought we saw
What are moderators; what are mediators; what are confounds
A researcher wants to communicate findings about regional voting patterns visually - what is the name for what the researcher wants to show and what tool would be most appropriate?
What is spatial distribution; what is mapping
In experimental research, the researcher BLANKS the independent variable to determine the effects on the dependent variable
What is manipulates
A sampling strategy in which cases are deliberately selected on the basis of features that distinguish them from other cases
What is purposive sampling
In historical sociology, a thought exercise of imagining what might have happened but did not, which can be useful in case selection
What is a counterfactual
If a distribution is skewed by an outlier, which measure of central tendency is most accurate to use to describe the data?
What is the median
The sections of a research paper a researcher would be most likely to present at a professional conference
What is the methods section and results section
A type of question that forces the respondent to give a concrete answer; a type of question where you should be able to accurately select only one answer (you are not in a situation where several of the responses would be true at the same time)
What is forced choice; what is mutually exclusive
The list of questions an interviewer conducting a semi-structured interview will structure the interview with
What is an interview schedule
Individual-level data such as birthdate is an example of what kind of data?
When presenting a cross tabulation of variables and comparing groups, this way of presenting the numerical information is better generally for giving your reading a clear comparison of the groups
What are relative frequencies or percentages
Colin Jerolmack and Shamus Khan state, “what people say is often a bad predictor of what they do.” Which two methods of research are being compared? Which method theoretically avoids this problem?
What are interview methods and ethnography; what is ethnography
This way of grouping participants in an experiment ensures that the only difference between the experimental and control group is the independent variable being manipulated
What is random assignment
The data produced by a fieldworker, including observations, dialogue, and thoughts about what is experienced in the field; the raw materials of the research that will eventually be transformed into a journal article or a book
What are field notes
What is biased
The association between an independent variable and dependent variable BLANKS if a mediating variable is introduced into the statistical analysis
What is reduces or disappears
These are the 3 preconditions to establishing causality
What is correlation; what is time order or independent variable preceding the dep variable; what is ruling out spuriousness