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Sociology Ch 2.
Prerequisite for nursing sociology key terms for Unit 1 Ch. 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cause and Effect | A relationship between two or more variables in which one variable influences or explains the change in the other variables. |
| Correlation | When two or more variables change value together in the same or opposite direction |
| Dependent Variable | A variable whose value is believed to depend upon or to be caused by another |
| Experiments | Carefully designed and controlled attempts, usually conducted in a laboratory, to determine the effect of specific variables on a particular dependent variable or on the behavior or attitudes of the experiment's subjects. |
| Field Research | The study of social life in its natural setting |
| Hypothesis | A statement of the expected relationship between two or more variables. |
| Independent Variable | A variable that causes or produces change in the value of another (dependent) variable |
| Negative Correlation | A relationship between two variables sucht that in the majority of cases, when one variable increases in value, the other decreases in value |
| operationalize | To specify how the variable is to be measured |
| Participant Observation | A research method in which the researcher systematically ovserves people while actually joining with them in their activities |
| Perfect Positive Correlation | A relationship between two variables sucht that they both change together and the the same direction in all cases |
| Population | The group of people to whom the results of research are applicable |
| Positive correlation | A relationship between two variables sucht that they both change together in the smae direction in the majority of cases |
| Qualitive research | Research that emphasizes the uncovering of subjective meaning and ways people interact in everyday life throught the use of descriptive, rather than numerical, data. |
| Quantitive Research | Research that emphasizes the statistical analysis of numerical data |
| Random Sampling | Process by which each member of a population of interest has the same chance of being selected for participation in the study |
| Reliability | Consistency in the measurement of a variable over time; the quality of measurement of the variable that suggests that the same results and data would be collected in repeated observations |
| Representative Sample | A subgroup of the population that accurately reflects the composition of the population as well as the distribution of important characteristics and attributes within the population |
| Sample | A subgroup of the population from which the researcher will collect data |
| Secondary Analysis of Existing Data | The use of data initially collected by other researchers to analyze a topic of interest |
| Validity | The extent to which a measure actually measures what it is intended to measure |
| Deductive Model | Begins with a general theory or set of hypotheses and then moves on to the collection of appropriate data to test the theory or hypotheses |
| Inductive (Grounded) Model | Begins with specific observations, upon which a theoretical account is then fashioned that accounts for and explains the observations and their meanings. |
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