Across
- 1. method, a research method that involves the examination of any materials from the past that contain information of sociological interest
- 3. analysis, the research method used to analyze existing sources that involves counting the number of times a particular word, phrase, idea, event, symbol, or other element appears in a given context
- 5. method, an objective, logical, and systematic way of collecting empirical data and arriving at reasoned conclusions
- 7. analysis, a research method that entails analyzing data that have already been collected to determine and strength of the relationship that may exist between two or more variables
- 8. a research method that allows data on attitudes and opinions to be collected from large numbers of people
- 9. a situation that exists when a change in one variable is regularly associated with a change in another variable
- 10. observation, a research method in which researchers become directly involved in the situation under investigation
Down
- 1. a statement that predicts the relationship between two or more variables
- 2. a characteristic that can differ from one individual, group, or situation to another in a measurable way
- 4. a research method in which data is gathered under controlled conditions set by the researcher
- 6. study, an intensive analysis of a person, group, event or problem
- 7. a small but representative selection of people studied in a survey or other research project