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Sociology

Sociology Chapter 2

TermDefinition
Case Study intensive study of a single group,incident, or community.
Causation the belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads to another.
Closed-ended questions questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited predetermined set of responses.
Correlation a measure of the relationship between two variables.
Dependent Variable a characteristic that reflects a change.
Field Research research that takes place in a natural setting
independent variable a characteristic that causes something to occur.
intervening variable a variable that changes the relationship between the independent and dependent variable.
interview a survey method in which a trained researcher asks questions and records the answers.
multiple causation the belief that events occur as a result of several factors working in combination.
open-ended questions questions a person is to answer in his or her own words.
participant observation a case study where the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied.
population a group of people with certain specified characteristics.
qualitative variable a characteristic that is defined by its presence or absence in a category
quantitative variable a characteristic that can be measured numerically.
questionnaire a written set of questions to be answered by a research participant.
representative sample a sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole.
sample a group of people that represent a larger population.
scientific method the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment and formulation and testing of hypotheses.
secondary analysis using recollected infomation for data collected and research purposes.
survey research method in which people respond to questions.
variable a characteristic that is subject to change.
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