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Explain "random sample"
Selected on the basis of chance, so that each member of a population has an equal opportunity of being selected.
Explain "Causation"
The idea that the occurrence of one event leads to the occurrence of another event
If a ___________ sample is used, every individual in the population being studied has the same chance of being selected
a. Probability
b. Nonprobability
a. Probability
The research method in which people are asked to answer a series of questions.
This sentence corresponds to the word representative sample
Ture or False
False
_______states that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination.
a. code of ethics
b. causation
c. multiple causation
c. multiple causation
Explain "Secondary Analysis"
Practice of analyzing data that have already been gathered by someone else, often for a distinctly different purpose
Explain "intervening variable "
a variable that changes the relationship between an independent and a dependent variable
Samples that are drawn based on a researcher's judgment are called _________ samples.
a. probability
b. Nonprobability
b. Nonprobability
Correlation is a measure of how things are related to one another.
Ture
False
Ture
_______is a variable in which change has occurred.
a. representative sample
b. Independent Variable
c. multiple causation
b. Independent Variable
Explain "Sample"
A limited number of cases drawn from the larger population.
Explain "Quantitative Variable"
A variable measured in numerical units
A random sample that accurately reflects the whole population is called a_______.
a. Quantitative Variable
b. multiple causation
c. scientific method
d. Representative Sample
d. Representative Sample
The steps that include identifying a problem reviewing the literature and collecting data are part of the Scientific Method
True
False
True
The idea that events occur in predictable ways with one event leading to another called_______.
a. code of ethics
b. Causation
c. scientific method
d. independent variable
b. Causation
Explain "Representative Sample"
A sample that has basically the same relevant characteristics as the population.
Explain "Durkheim"
First to use secondary analysis
the belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads to another.
Which of the following words does this sentence correspond to
a. variable
b. multiple causation
c. causation
d. quantitative variable
c. causation
If two variables are correlated, it does not mean that one causes the other.
True
False
True
________is used to investigate aspects of social life that cannot be measured quantitatively and are best understood in a natural setting.
a. Field Research
b. dependent variable
c. qualitative variable
a. Field Research
Explain "Population"
All those people with the characteristics the researcher wants to study within the context of a particular research question.
Explain "multiple causation"
the belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination.
Correlation, looked at all other variables, can't have change until independent variable happened
a. Secondary Analysis
b. Things to look at for Causation
c. spurious correlation
b. Things to look at for Causation
Field Research is used to investigate aspects of social life that cannot be measured quantitatively and are best understood in a natural setting
Ture
False
Ture
What are the seven steps in the scientific method?
1. Identify The Problem
2. Review the Literature
3. Formulate Hypotheses
4. Develop a Research Design.
5. Collect Data
6. Analyze Data.
7. State Findings and Conclusion