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chapter 1 wk 1 quiz 1

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case study   A method of research consisting of detailed, long-term investigation of a single social unit.  
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concept   A generalized idea about people, objects, or processes that are related to one another, an abstract way of classifying things that are similar.  
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cross-section   A survey of a broad spectrum of a population at a specific point in time.  
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ethical neutrality   An attitude of the scientific metnod in the social sciences, requiring that scientists not pass moral judgment on their findings  
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experiment   A method of research in which the researcher controls and manipulates variables in one group to test the effects of an independent variable on a dependent variable  
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hypothesis   A tentative statement in clearly defined terms, predicting a relationship between variables.  
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longitudinal   a survey that continues over a long period, engaging in contrasts and comparisons.  
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objectivity   A principle of the scientific method, especially in the social sciences, requiring researchers to divest themselves of personal attitudes, desires, beliefs, values, and tendencies when confronting their data.  
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participant observation   a method of research in which researchers try to take part in the lives of the members of the group under analysis, sometimes without revealing their purpose  
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population   In the social sciences, a statistical concept referring to the totality of phenomena under investigation (eg all college students enrolled in four-year private universities).  
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research   An aspect of scientific methodology that bolsters and complements theories. In the social sciences, four fundamental formats are used, the sample survey, the case study, the experiment , and participant observation.  
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sample survey   a method of research consisting of an attempt to determine the occurrence of a particular act or opinion i a particular sample of people  
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theory   a set of concepts arranged so as to explain and/or predict possible and probable relationships  
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variables   factors whose relationships researchers try to uncover, characteristics that differ (vary) in each individual case  
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The research method in which the researcher controls one variable and observes and records the results in called   experiment  
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Once a social scientist has formulated the hypothesis,   Developing a research design  
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The scientific method contains all but one of the following techniques.   selecting data to prove a point  
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If a broad spectrum of the population is surveyed at a given times, the study is called   cross-sectional  
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An anthropologist living with a group of people and engaging in some of their rituals is using the following research method   participant observation  
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Variables that exercise influence on other variables are called   independent variables  
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Scientific theories   are open to challenge  
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The hypothesis is a statement of   a tentative statement of a topic that is subject to testing  
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A theory is a   set of concepts and generalizations  
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Repeating a research project is called   replication  
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History is often NOT considered a social science because   its primary concern is to record events of the past  
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An intensive study of an individual or a small group is made by using the following research   case study  
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The social sciences have   problems conducting laboratory experiments , as do the natural sciences  
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A sample is   a subset of a population  
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Correlation differs from causation in that correlation   only indicates a possible causal relation  
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Scientific conclusions are   relative to time and place of study and subject to revision  
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Experiments are   based on controlling a variable and observing the results  
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Statistics that allow researchers to generalize to a population from a sample are called   inferential  
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During the Enlightenment of the 18th century   a number of scholars believed human social life could be studied  
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