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Purpose of Social
Research
Research Design
Measurement
Experiments
Surveys in
Research
100
Logical groupings of attributes.
What is Variables
100
answer questions of what, where, when, and how
What is Descriptive Studies
100
gender, religious affiliation, college major, hair color, birthplace, nationality
What is a nominal level of measurement
100
takes the form of a stimulus (present or absent), cause
What is an independent variable
100
questions for which the respondent is asked to provide his/her own answers.
What is OPen ended questions
200
the science of knowing; systems of knowledge.
What is Epistemology
200
relationship between two variables such that changes in one are associated with changes in the other
What is Correalation
200
careful, deliberate observations of the real world for the purpose of describing objects and events in terms of the attributes composing the variable.
What is Measurement
200
a group of subjects to whom no experimental stimulus is administered and who should resemble the experimental group in all other respects.
What is a control group
200
that quality of measurement device that tends to result in a misrepresentation of what is being measured in a particular direction.
What is bias
300
A systematic explanation for the observations that relate to a particular aspect of life.
What is Theory
300
answer questions of why
What is Explanatory Studies
300
temperature (Kelvin), age, length of time, number of organizations, number of groups, number of As received in college
What is a ration level of measurement
300
effect
What is a dependent variable
300
Questionnaires in which respondents are asked to complete the questionnaire by themselves.
What is Self-Administered
400
Characteristics of people or things.
What is Attributes
400
a study design involving the collection of data at different points in time.
What is Longitudinal Study
400
the mental process whereby fuzzy and imprecise notions (concepts) are made more specific and precise.
What is Conceptualization
400
an experimental design in which neither the subjects nor the experimenters know which is the experimental and which is the control group.
What is a double-blind study
400
survey questions in which the respondent is asked to select an answer from a list provided by the researcher.
What is closed ended questions
500
Putting research into practice.
What is Applied Research
500
This is an educated guess
What is Hypothesis
500
socioeconomic status, level of conflict, prejudice, conservativeness, alienation
What is an ordinal level of measurement
500
a technique for assigning experimental subjects to experimental and control groups.
What is Randomization
500
the number of people participating in a survey divided by the number selected in the sample.
What is Response Rate