Chapters 3&4- JC

2. abstraction inferred from situations or behaviors, abstractions that are -deliberately and systematically invented by researchers
5. the people being studied in a quantitative study
10. hypothesis that is one that specifies not only the existence but also the expected direction of the relationship between variables
11. examples are pain, quality of life, and resilience
12. variables that have values along a continuum
13. questions that are in some cases direct rewordings of statements of purpose
14. concerned with the lived experiences of humans
15. the primary research tradition within anthropology, provides a framework for studying the lifeways and experiences of a defined cultural group
16. the individuals cooperating in a qualitative study
20. statements express the dilemma or troubling situation that needs investigation and that provides a rationale for a new inquiry
21. hypothesis that states an expected relationship between one independent and one dependent variable
22. hypothesis that is a generalization inferred from observed relationships

1. theory that seeks to describe and understand the key social psychological processes that occur in a social setting
3. the specific accomplishments they hope to achieve by conducting the study
4. another word for an investigation
6. hypothesis that states there is no relationship between the independent and dependent variables
7. hypotheses that have theories as a starting point
8. hypothesis that does not state the direction of the relationship
9. variables that have a finite number of values
17. variable that affects the strength or direction of an association between the independent and dependent variable
18. ______ of purpose, establishes the study’s general direction and captures its essence
19. hypothesis that is a prediction of a relationship between two or more independent variables and or two or more dependent variables
23. process of translating verbal data into numeric form