Across
- 2. ____-ended questions questions that respondents answer in their own words
- 4. the individuals intended to represent the population to be studied
- 7. a general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work - an explanation of how two or more facts are related to one another
- 15. people who respond to a survey
- 16. a feeling of trust between researchers and the people they are studying
- 17. social ___ is people's actions influencing one another
- 20. the growing interconnections among nations due to advances in trade, travel, and communications
- 22. ___ level of analysis is an examination of small-scale patterns of society
- 26. the mass of workers who do not own the means of production
- 28. people who share a culture and a territory
- 29. the use of sociology to solve problems
- 32. ___ group are the subjects in an experiment who are not exposed to the independent variable
- 33. is a theoretical perspective in which society is viewed as a composed of symbols that people use to establish meaning, develop their views of the world, and communicate with one another
Down
- 1. the ___ variable is a factor in an experiment that is changed by an independent variable
- 3. sociological research for the purpose of making discoveries about human groups, not for making changes in those groups
- 5. the application of the scientific approach to the social world
- 6. a target group to be studied
- 8. ___ method is the use of objective systematic observations to test theories
- 9. the ___ variable is a factor that causes a change in another variable
- 10. ____-ended questions questions that are followed by a list of possible answers to be selected by the respondent
- 11. ___ definitions are the way in which a researcher measures a variable
- 12. the scientific study of society and human behavior
- 13. social ___ is the groups memberships that people have because of their ___ in history and society
- 14. __ level of analysis is an examination of large-scale patterns of society
- 18. social ___ is the degree to which members of a group or a society are united by shared values and other social bonds also known as social cohesion
- 19. ___ perspective is the understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context
- 21. a statement of how variables are expected to be related to one another, often according to predictions from a theory
- 23. those who own the means of production - capitalists
- 24. a factor thought to be significant for human behavior - which can vary/change from one case to another
- 25. those things that "everyone knows" are true
- 27. __ sample is a sample in which everyone in the target population has the same chance of being included in the study
- 28. the collection of data by having people answer a series of questions
- 30. the extent to which research produces consistent or dependable results
- 31. ___ sociology is used for applying sociology for the public good - guide politicians and policy makers
- 34. ___ theory is a theoretical framework in which society is viewed as composed of groups that are competing for scarce resources