Field Research
Field research where your identity is not known to those you are studying.
What is covert observation?
The following question has what kind of problem?
“Do you approve of the irresponsible person who would drive after having several drinks?”
What is, it is a 'leading question?'
Qualitative analysis uses this type of reasoning to group specific pieces of nonnumerical data that share similarities to formulate more general and abstract conclusions
What is inductive?
If I find research evidence to support my hypothesis, I can reject THIS, or the idea that the relationship between two variables exists only by chance.
What is the null hypothesis?
This is the brief summary at the beginning of a journal article that describes the research question, data, methods, and major findings.
What is an abstract?
This approach to sampling guides field research because it is a nonrandom selection of observational sites.
What is nonprobability sampling?
A survey that asks questions at two or more points in time, such as the General Social Survey, is said to be this...
What is longitudinal design?
Snow and Anderson (1993) identified three kinds of material survival strategies among the homeless and several dimensions of each strategy. This system of classification is called a:
What is taxonomy?
This type of statistics uses sample data to make generalizations about a population.
What are inferential statistics?
This section of a research proposal or report should answer the question, "Why should the reader care?"
What is the Introduction?
Reflecting on how my characteristics and presence at the field site may affect the research is an example of this practice.
What is reflexivity?
This is the most common method of administering surveys today.
This term refers to the practice of following up with field research participants to see if your findings make sense to them.
What is member checking?
What is the chi-square test?
This section of a proposal or report describes your sampling technique and method of data analysis.
What is the Methods section?
Someone interested in studying college athletes asks you to help them connect with other college athletes since you play a sport on campus. You are acting as their...
What is 'key informant?'
Asking colleagues to try out a survey before you launch it is known as...
What is pre-testing?
The object of this type of analysis is to examine the structure and meaning of stories derived from interviews and other sources.
What is narrative analysis?
A dictionary that defines the meaning of numerical codes for all of your variables is called this:
What is a codebook?
This practice, where you quickly record your thoughts without referring to notes or being concerned about grammar, is often used to generate ideas when working on a rough draft.
What is free writing?
Having multiple researchers in a single field site is one example of the practice of?
What is triangulation?
A weakness of surveys is that people taking them may not accurately answer questions if they spend time thinking about them. What is the name for this type of measurement effect?
What is a reactive measurement effect?
This is a grounded theory technique in which the researcher makes comparisons throughout the process of analysis until theoretical saturation has occurred.
What is constant-comparative method?
In the final step in the process of quantitative data analysis, a researcher controls for extraneous variables by conducting this type of test (hint: it means "many variables").
What is a multivariate test?
This in an indicator that a piece of published research is credible and well designed.
What is peer review?