What observes TV, social media, and other things to gather research?
What is content analysis
100
He defined the scientific method
What is Bacon
100
Research that assesses the affect of policies and programs on people in society is:
What is evaluation research
100
Who defined the scientific method
What is Sir Francis Bacon
200
"To what extent does playing high school sports effect a student's GPA" is an example of a
What is research question
200
What three things measure central tendency- define each
What is mean, median and mode
200
Inferences about society that are derived from general principles and theories
What is deductive reasoning
200
Variables are defined/explained so specifically that another person could replicate/reproduce your exact study is a
What is operational definition
300
a subset of the population is a ____ and a___ is a relatively large collection of people that a researcher studies and about which generalizations are made.
What is sample and a population
300
the group that is not exposed to the factor being examined
What is the controlled group
300
based on careful and systematic observations
What is empiricism
300
when there is no meaningful causal connection between apparently associated effects it is:
What is Spurious/Illusory correlation
400
List all six tools of sociological research
What is Questionnaires, Interviews
Participant Observation
Controlled Experiments
Content Analysis
Historical Research
Evaluation Research
400
conclusions about society that are made from direct observations
What is inductive reasoning
400
Hobb's daughter's name
What is Sophie
400
give three different methods of research
What is participant observation, controlled experiments, questionnaires
500
If the research is intended to produce policy recommendations, it is called...
What is policy research
500
What is this process:
Create a research design.
Gather data.
Analyze data.
Reach conclusions and report results.
What is the research process?
500
Two different types of research used to gather data- give the difference and an example