What is a speculative statement about the relationship between 2 or more factors known as variables
100
What is a variable?
What is a measureable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions
100
What is a sample?
What is a selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population
100
What is a controled variable?
What is a factor that is held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.
100
What is ethnography?
What is the study of an entire social setting through extended systematic framework. (and observation)
200
What is an independent variable?
What is the variable hypothesized to cause or influence another
200
What is the dependent variable?
What is its actions depends on the influence of the independent variable
200
What is a random sample?
What is every member of an entire population being studied has the same chance of being selected.
Example: pulling names out of a hat
200
What is research design?
What is a detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically
200
What is an observation?
Direct particiation in closely watching a group or organization.
300
What is operational definition?
What is an explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to assess the concept
300
What is casual logic?
What is the relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence with one event leading to the other
300
What are snowball/convience samples?
What is recruite participants through word of mouth or by posting notices on the internet.
Example: asking a question via Facebook
300
What is a survey?
What is a study, generally in the form of an interview or questionnaire, that provides researchers with information about how people think and act
300
What is quanitiative research?
What is What is a surevey which collects and reports data primarily in numerical form
400
What is the scientific method?
What is a systematic, organized series of steps that ensures mazimum objectivity and consistence in researching a problem.
400
What is a correlation?
What is when a change in one variable coinsides with a change in the other.
400
What is validity?
What is the degree to which a measure or scale truely reflects the phenomenon under study
400
What is an interview?
What is when a researcher obtains information through face-to-face, telephone, or online questioning
400
What is qualitative research?
Relies on what is seen in field and naturalistic settings, and often focuses on small groups and communities rather than on large groups or whole nations.
A common form of qualitative research is observation.
500
What are the 5 basic steps in the scientific method?
What is defining the problem, reviewing the literature, formulating the hypothesis, collecting and analyzing data, developing the conclusion
500
What is review of literature?
What is refine the problem under study, clarify possible techniques to be used in collecting data, and eliminate or reduce avoidable mistakes
500
What is reliablility?
What is the extent to which a measure produces consistent results
500
What is a questionaire?
What is when the researcher uses a printed or written form to obtain information from a respondent
500
What is participant observation?
What is when the sociologist actually joins a group for a period, to get an accurate sense of how it operates.