Research Basics
What is the first step in the research process?
What is defining the problem?
What does it mean for research results to be valid?
What does it mean that the results prove what they claim to prove?
What is it called when a researcher does not reveal their role to the people being studied?
What is covert participant observation?
What research method allows researchers to ask deeper questions and gather information in real time?
What are interviews?
What type of research uses numerical data and statistics?
What is quantitative research?
What is a factor that can change called?
What is a variable?
What does it mean for research to be reliable?
What does it mean that the research can be repeated with similar results?
What is it called when a researcher makes their role known to the people being studied?
What is overt participant observation?
What research method is often used to measure public opinion or test assumptions?
What are surveys?
What type of research focuses on subjective interpretations and meanings?
What is qualitative research?
What is a tentative explanation in research called?
What is a hypothesis?
A sociologist repeats a study and gets similar results. What concept does this demonstrate?
What is reliability?
What is the method called when sociologists observe everyday life over an extended period of time?
What is ethnography?
What type of experiment allows sociologists to control the conditions?
What is a lab experiment?
A researcher calculates the percentage of students who feel connected to their school. Is this quantitative or qualitative research?
What is quantitative research?
What is the factor being studied in a research experiment called?
What is the dependent variable?
A study measures exactly what it claims to measure. What concept does this demonstrate?
What is validity?
A researcher secretly joins a group to observe its behavior without revealing their research role. Is this covert or overt observation?
What is covert participant observation?
What type of experiment allows sociologists to study behavior in real-world settings?
What is a field experiment?
A researcher interviews students about what belonging at school feels like to them. Is this quantitative or qualitative research?
What is qualitative research?
What is the variable that changes or is manipulated by the researcher called?
What is the independent variable?
True or false: Validity and reliability mean exactly the same thing.
What is false?
A researcher tells a group that they are studying its routines before observing them. Is this covert or overt observation?
What is overt participant observation?
A researcher gives a questionnaire to 500 students about how connected they feel to their school. What research method is being used?
What is a survey?
A sociologist tests a new seating arrangement in an actual classroom to see how it affects student interaction. What type of experiment is this?
A sociologist tests a new seating arrangement in an actual classroom to see how it affects student interaction. What type of experiment is this?