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Soc Research Ch4
Need to Know - Social Science Research Methods Ch4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the terms with which we organize experience - a label that is applied to things with similar characteristics or attributes? | Concepts |
| What are things that exist analytically but not directly observable? | Constructs |
| What are the two important qualities of variables? | Thought to influence or be influenced by another thing. A thing that has varying attributes. |
| What is a concept or construct of interest to a researcher that influences or is influenced by another thing and has varying attributes? | Variable |
| What is a characteristic or quality that describes a thing? | Attribute |
| What is it called when we posit a relationship between different variables we have identified as having interest to us? | Hypothesis |
| What is a variable called that is believed to influence (cause) another variable? | Independent variable |
| What is a variable called that is thought to be influenced by another variable (effect)? | Dependent variable |
| What determines whether a variable is dependent or independent? | Hypothesis |
| What provides a causal link between the independent and dependent variables? | Intervening variables |
| What is it called when variables vary in the opposite direction? | Negative relationship |
| What is it called when variables vary in the same direction? | Positive relationship |
| What is it called when we specify what it is we will observe and how we will measure it? | Operational definition |
| What does operationalizing a variable entail? | Listing the characteristics or attributes of the variable so that you can count the presence or absence of these in the real world. |
| What are the two rules to keep in mind when operationalizing a variable? | The list must be exhaustive and mutually exclusive. |
| What is the degree of precision with which a variable is measured? | Levels of measurement |
| What variable names the different attributes of a variable so the presence or absence of each can be counted? | Nominal |
| What variable is used to rank the attributes of some characteristic - such as happiness? | Ordinal |
| What variable allows us to tell how far apart the attributes are on some scale, and the interval between each attribute is the same? | Interval |
| What variable has a zero point? | Ratio |
| What variables comprise numerical measures because they give real numbers with which to work? | Interval and ratio |
| What are strategies for measuring constructs that involve adding scores from several different indicators in order to determine overall score? | Composite measures |
| What measures multidimensional variables? | Indices |
| What measures unidimensional variables? | Scale |
| What kind of variable has a number of different dimensions? | Multidimensional |
| What kind of variable runs along a scale with a simple expression of range of occurrence? | Unidimensional |
| What kind of scale asks a respondent to rate a series of things independently, with each question scaled? | Normative scale |
| What kind of scale asks the respondent to rate a series of things against one another, ordering them such that a particular rank can only be used once? | Ipsative scale |
| What describes a measure that gives consistent results? | Reliable |
| What describes the degree to which an instrument measures what it is believed to be measuring? | Validity |
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