Sociology 2 Vocab

2. Correlation relationship between two variables that is actually caused by a third factor
6. measure of the relationship between two variables
8. a survey method in which a trained researcher asks questions and records the answers
10. Study intensive study of a single group, incident, or community
12. Research research that takes place in a natural setting (Non-laboratory)
13. a group of people who represent a larger population
15. Sample sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole
16. Variable a characteristic that reflects a change
18. a written set of questions to be answered by a research participant
20. the belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads to another
22. Ended Questions questions a person is to answer in his or her own words

1. Observation case study in which the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied
3. testable statement of relationships among variables
4. Variable characteristic that is defined by its presence or absence in a category
5. Variable characteristic that causes something to occur
7. Analysis using pre collected information for data collection and research purposes
9. Causation belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination
11. Variable variable that changes the relationship between an independent and a dependent variable
14. group of people with certain specific characteristics
17. Variable characteristic that can be measured numerically
19. Method recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses
21. Ended Questions questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited, predetermined set of responses