Sociological Research

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  1. 2. the testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions
  2. 5. using secondary data, does not include direct contact with research subjects and does not alter or influence people’s behaviors
  3. 6. a sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing
  4. 7. a scholarly research step that entails identifying and studying all existing studies on a topic to create a basis for new research
  5. 8. when study subjects behave in a certain manner due to their awareness of being observed by a researcher
  6. 12. when a change in one variable coincides with a change in another variable, but does not necessarily indicate causation
  7. 17. a variable changed by other variables
  8. 18. a practice of remaining impartial, without bias or judgment during the course of a study and in publishing results
  9. 19. collect data from subjects who respond to a series of questions about thinking, behaviors, and opinions, often in the form of a questionnaire
  10. 20. specific explanations of abstract concepts that a researcher plans to study
  11. 21. evidence that comes from direct observations, scientifically gathered data, or experimentation
  12. 23. data that are collected directly from firsthand experience
  13. 24. gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experiment or a survey
  14. 29. an established scholarly research that involves asking a question, researching existing sources, forming a hypothesis, designing a data collection method, gathering data, and drawing conclusions
  15. 30. a testable educated guess about predicted outcomes between two or more variables
  16. 31. data collected in numerical form that can be counted and analyzed using statistics
  17. 32. in-depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual
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  1. 1. a one-on-one conversation between the researcher and the subject
  2. 3. when a researcher immerses herself in a group or social setting in order to make observations from an “insider” perspective
  3. 4. variables that cause changes in dependent variables
  4. 9. a study’s participants being randomly selected to serve as a representation of a larger population
  5. 10. using data collected by others and applying new interpretations
  6. 11. a defined group serving as the subject of a study
  7. 13. participating and observing thinking and behavior in a social setting
  8. 14. looking beyond the obvious to expose falseness by examining merit, logic, and evidence
  9. 15. non-numerical, descriptive data that is often subjective and based on what is experienced in a natural setting
  10. 16. small, manageable number of subjects that represent the population
  11. 22. a set of guidelines that the American Sociological Association has established to foster ethical research and professionally responsible scholarship in sociology
  12. 25. a measure of a study’s consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced
  13. 26. the degree to which a sociological measure accurately reflects the topic of study
  14. 27. applying a systematic approach to record and value information gleaned from secondary data as it relates to the study at hand
  15. 28. using a tool makes the measuring more precise.