Key terminology sociology
Across
- 3. the extent to which, were the same study to be repeated, it would produce the same results
- 6. is a large-scale approach to sociology, emphasizing the analysis of social sytems and populations at the structural level
- 7. the subjective understanding of a society on its own terms, rather than from an outside perspective
- 11. an approach to the study of society that relies specifically on scientific evidence, such as experiments and statistics
- 13. a type of bias that emerges when a characteristics of an interviewer influences the responses given by the interviewee
- 14. developing and testing theories about the world based on empirical evidence
- 15. the degree to which an instrument such as a survey question, measure what it is intended to measure
Down
- 1. different ways of viewing society and social life
- 2. a researcher must not allow their clues, their bias or their views to impact on their research
- 4. an approach to the study of society that relies specifically on scientific evidence to reveal a true nature of how society operates
- 5. A cause to feel or show prejudice for or against someone or something
- 8. a type of bias that emerges when participants in research may change their behaviour due to the presence of the researcher
- 9. a numerical form of data and can be represented graphically
- 10. non numerical information that provides researchers with a deep understanding of human experiences, behaviours, perceptions and attidues
- 12. a sociological method of research in which an action or event is analyzed based on the beliefs, norms and values of the culture of the society in which it takes place