Theory and Research
The idea that the world can be subjected to observation; the use of the senses to gather data about social phenomena.
What is empiricism?
The principle of the Belmont Report which specifies that the benefits and risks of research should be distributed equally across groups.
The process of precisely defining ideas and turning them into variables.
A quality of a measure concerning how accurate it is.
A list of population members from which a probability sample is drawn.
A sequential argument consisting of a series of logically related statements put forward to illuminate some element of social life.
The organization responsible for assessing whether the potential benefits of proposed research outweigh its potential risks.
Components that represent different manifestations, angles, or units of a concept.
A research characteristic indicating that respondents agree with how the researcher is presenting and interpreting their words.
The main mechanism used to ensure that human subjects are protected.
The values assigned to a variable
The process by which scientists draw up a general understanding of social phenomenon through empirical observations.
In this context, not even researchers can identify research subjects from the data collected.
The most basic and shallow measure of internal validity, it is used to establish more rigorous assessments.
A set of estimates that would be observed from a large number of independent samples that are all the same size and drawn using the same method.
The translation of general theory into specific empirical analysis.
Variables that have a continuum of values with meaningful distances between them, but no true zero.
A probability sampling strategy in which sample members are selected using a fixed interval.