Research Basics
The process of precisely defining ideas and turning
them into variables
What is conceptualization?
The method through which participants selected into a probability sample.
What is random selection?
A nominal variable is a type of _______ variable.
What is a categorical variable?
The response categories for closed-ended questions should be both mutually exclusive and ______.
What is exhaustive?
The degree to which the results of a study can be generalized.
A sample that does not systematically differ from the population.
What is a representative sample?
Non-representative samples are a good choice for this type of research goal.
What is hypothesis testing?
A variable that has values that can be ordered but have no fixed distance between them
An assessment of robustness that involves administering a measure to a small, representative subsample of the study population before the research begins.
What is the piloting method?
The study of personal concerns and interpersonal
interactions.
What is microsociology?
The point in a data gathering process when new data/information reinforces what the researcher already knows.
What is saturation?
The technique or complete list of units you use to draw a probability sample.
What is the sampling frame?
A variable on a 5-point scale ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree is an example of this type of variable.
What is an ordinal variable?
A type of probability sampling that is useful if the groups you are studying vary greatly in size and/or you want to oversample some smaller groups.
What is stratified sampling?
A measure that metaphorically can be said to “consistently hit the bullseye”.
What is reliable and valid?
The loss of sample members over time, usually to death or dropout.
What is attrition?
The type of probability sample that is useful when there is no readily available sampling frame for researchers to use.
Name the literature review genre: Sociologists have tended to assume that immigrants are disadvantaged compared to non-immigrants. Vlad’s study of wealthy European immigrants in New York City provides a case that challenges these narratives.
What is a the deviant case?
The sampling strategy that is particularly useful for studying social groups about which little information is known.
What is snowball sampling?
True or False: The federal poverty line (FPL) is considered a reliable measure.
True
The type of measurement used in experimental methods.
What is manipulation?
The type of probability sample where it is necessary to use post-survey weighting.
What is stratified random sampling?
A measure that combines multiple items, whether as a scale or an index, to create a single value that captures a multifaceted concept.
What is a composite measure?
True or False: There are set standards or statistical tools for assessing internal validity.
False
A committee located at an institution where research is done that is responsible for reviewing all research
involving human subjects, with the goal of protecting the human subjects and preventing ethical violations in the research.
What is an institutional review board (IRB)?