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chapter 1 wk 1 quiz 1

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show A method of research consisting of detailed, long-term investigation of a single social unit.  
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show 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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show A survey of a broad spectrum of a population at a specific point in time.  
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show 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   show
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show A tentative statement in clearly defined terms, predicting a relationship between variables.  
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show a survey that continues over a long period, engaging in contrasts and comparisons.  
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show 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   show
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show 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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show 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   show
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theory   show
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variables   show
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The research method in which the researcher controls one variable and observes and records the results in called   show
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show Developing a research design  
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The scientific method contains all but one of the following techniques.   show
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If a broad spectrum of the population is surveyed at a given times, the study is called   show
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show participant observation  
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Variables that exercise influence on other variables are called   show
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show are open to challenge  
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show a tentative statement of a topic that is subject to testing  
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show set of concepts and generalizations  
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show replication  
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History is often NOT considered a social science because   show
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show case study  
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show problems conducting laboratory experiments , as do the natural sciences  
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A sample is   show
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Correlation differs from causation in that correlation   show
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Scientific conclusions are   show
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Experiments are   show
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show inferential  
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During the Enlightenment of the 18th century   show
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