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SSC1 Chapter1 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Case Study | A method of research consisting of a detailed, long-term investigation of a single social unit. |
| Concept | A generalized idea about people, objects, or processes that are related to one another; an abstract way of classifying things that are similar. |
| Cross-Section | A survey of a broad spectrum of a population at a specific point in time. |
| Ethical Neutrality | An attitude of the scientific method in the social sciences, requiring that scientists not pass moral judgment on their findings. |
| 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. |
| Hypothesis | A tentative statement in clearly defined terms, predicting a relationship between variables. |
| Longitudinal | A survey that continues over a long period, engaging in contrasts and comparisons. |
| 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. |
| Participant Observation | A method of research in which researchers try to take part in the lives of the members of the group under analysys, sometimes without revealing their purposes. |
| Population | In the social sciences, a statistical concept referring to the totality of phenomena under investigation (e.g. all college students enrolled in four-year private universities). |
| 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. |
| Sample Survey | A method of research consisting of an attempt to determine the occurrence of a particular act or opinion in a particular sample of people. |
| Theory | A set of concepts arranged so as to explain and/or predict possible and probable relationships. |
| Variables | Factors whose relationships researchers try to uncover; characteristics that differ (vary) in each individual case. |
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