lesson 1
a group of people with certain specific characteristics
what is population?
questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited predetermined set responses
what are closed-ended questions?
a case study in which the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied
what is participant observation?
characteristic that causes something to occur
what is an independent variable?
the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypothesis
what is the scientific method?
a group of people that represents a larger population
what is a sample?
questions a person is to answer in his or her words
what are open-ended questions?
the belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads to another
what is causation?
what is a dependent variable?
testable statement of relationships among variables
what is a hypothesis?
a sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole
using precollected information for data collection and research purposes
what is secondary analysis?
the belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination
what is multiple causation?
a variable that changes the relationship between an independent and dependent variable
what is an intervening variable?
a written set of questions to be answered by a research participant
what is a questionnaire?
research that takes place in a natural (non-laboratory) setting
what is field research?
a characteristic that can be measured numerically
what is a quantitative variable?
a measure of the relationship between variable
what is a correlation?
a survey method in which a trained research asks questions and records the answers
what is an interview?
intensive study of a single group, incident, or community
what is a case study?
a characteristic that is defined by its presence or absence in a category
what is a qualitative variable?
a relationship between two variables that is actually caused by a third factor
what is a spurious correlation?