Research Methods
Research method in which people respond to questions.
Survey
a survey method in which a trained researcher asks questions and records the answers.
Interview
the belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads to another
causation
a characteristic that causes something to occur
independent variable
testable statement of relationships among variables
hypothesis
a group of people with certain specified characteristics.
population
questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited, predetermined set of responses
closed-ended questions
the belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination
multiple causation
a characteristic that reflects a change
dependent variable
the two principle that guide research are objectivity and __________
verifiability
a group of people that represents a larger population
sample
questions a person is to answer in his or her own words.
open-ended questions
a characteristic that is subject to change
variable
a variable that changes the relationship between an independent and dependent variable
intervening variable
moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
ethics
a sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole
representative sample
using precollected information for data collection and research purposes.
secondary analysis
a characteristic that can be measured numerically
quantitative variable
a measure of the relationship between to variable
correlation
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Identify the problem
a written set of questions to be answered by a research participant
questionnaire
intensive study of a single group, incident, or community
Case study
a characteristic that is defined by its presence or absence in a category
qualitative variable
If two events are correlated, does that mean that one of them causes the other to happen?
Correlation does not equal causation
the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses
scientific method