Across
- 2. Type of research that extends the basis of understanding for current theories
- 4. Type of research that deals with “scientific planning of induced change in a troublesome situation”
- 7. This method of research focuses on explaining why the specific social issue exists. Here causes, motivations, and reasons are discovered and explained.
- 8. This type of research is performed and paid by external agents outside of the organization.
- 11. This type of research utilizes questionnaires and/or interviews in order to gather information.
- 12. Type of research concerned more with data, number and statistics.
- 13. Type of research used “to describe a problem, policy or program”
- 17. For what reason would an organization request someone outside the agency to conduct research on their projects?
- 18. This type of research is conducted within an organization to determine if that agency's practices are effective in producing their desired outcomes.
- 20. This method of research is used to help determine the scope of a problem, in order to develop a further understanding of the issue.
Down
- 1. This is needed to show what an intervention has accomplished.
- 3. Sequencing Fundamental requirement for determining causality.
- 5. When the relationship between dependent and independent variables is due to an unrecognized variable that has not been accounted for in the study
- 6. "Direction of change" refers to the change in one variable when another one changes. In a ________ relationship, one variable decreases as the other increases.
- 9. Type of research that deals with a deeper understanding of things and is more personal in nature.
- 10. Type of reasoning that moves from the specific to general.
- 14. As the temperature outside increases, lemonade sales also increase. This is an example of this type of relationship.
- 15. causal Part of what is required for good research is to recognize other variables that may impact the study outside the ones being studied. These external variables are known as ___________ factors.
- 16. variation This describes a relationship in which the variables are associated.
- 19. This helps to make sense of reality.
