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VOCABULARY
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
POT LUCK
CONCEPT
TYPES OF RESEARCH
100
Mental construct that represents some part of in world in a simple form
What is concept?
100
Variable that is the cause of another variable
What is independent variable?
100
False association between 2 variables caused by another variable
What is spurious correlation?
100
Deriving specific observations from general ideas
What is deductive approach?
100
Factual research
What is descriptive?
200
Observable representation of an abstract concept
What is empiricial indicator?
200
Variable that is considered the effect of another variable
What is dependent variable?
200
Entire group of people being studied
What is population?
200
Deriving general ideas from specific observation
What is inductive approach?
200
Type of research most often used by sociologists?
What is surveys?
300
A relationship in which two or more variables change together
What is correlation?
300
To test a _____________, the independent and dependent variable must be clearly stated
What is hypothesis?
300
Relatively small number of people from larger population
What is sample?
300
Social forces like religious beliefs cannot be observed, so sociologist may form
What is operational definitions?
300
Research to find out why or how an event is occurring
What is explanatory?
400
Scientific information
What is data?
400
When a change in one variable causes a change in the other variable there is a
What is cause effect relationship?
400
Observing from a distance
What is detached observation?
400
A decrease in one variable is linked with an increase in another
What is negative correlation?
400
All members in population have same chance of being selected for a sample
What is random sample?
500
Repetition ( repeat ) of research done by other researchers
What is replication?
500
A hunch or educated guess is a
What is hypothesis?
500
Observe people directly by joining in routine activities
What is participant observation?
500
Not letting your subjects know they are being observed
What is detached observation?
500
Intensive analysis of a person, group, event
What is case study?