Problems of Method

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Across
  1. 6. form of field research in which the researcher interacts with subjects, sometimes hiding his or her identity
  2. 8. form of social research that relies on existing historical documents as a source of data
  3. 9. a false association between two variables that is actually due to the effect of some third variable
  4. 11. researchable prediction that specifies the relationship between two or more variables
  5. 12. research that operates from the ideological position that question about human behavior can be answered only through controlled, systematic observation in the real world
  6. 13. variable presumed to cause or influence the dependent variable
  7. 16. research method designed to elicit some sort of behavior, typically conducted under closely controlled laboratory circumstances
  8. 17. a problem associated with certain forms of research in which the very act of intruding into people’s lives may influence the phenomenon being studied
  9. 18. any characteristic, attitude, behavior, or event that can take on two or more values
  10. 19. type of social research which the researcher observes the events as they actually occur
Down
  1. 1. capable only of identifying those forces that have a high likelihood, but not a certainty, of influencing human action
  2. 2. form of unobtrusive research that studies the content of recorded messages, such as books, speeches, poems, songs, television shows, web sites, and advertisements
  3. 3. measurable event, characteristic, or behavior commonly thought to reflect a particular concept
  4. 4. subgroup chosen for a study because of its characteristics approximate those of the entire population
  5. 5. method of studying society that uses photographs, video recordings, and film either as a means of gathering data or as a sources of data about social life
  6. 7. type of unobtrusive research that relies on data gathered earlier by someone else for some other purpose
  7. 10. research technique in which the researcher, without direct contact with the subjects, examines the evidence of social behavior that people create or leave behind
  8. 14. variable that is assumed to be caused by, or to change as a result of, the independent variable
  9. 15. typical of the whole population being studied