Causation in Science

Causation in Science

Review

• Secondary Analysis

• Field reseach

• Case study

• Participant observation

Multiple Choice

Selected on the basis of chance, so that

each member of a population has an

equal opportunity of being selected

• population

• representative

  sample

• random

  sample

• sample

• survey

Multiple Choice

All those people with the characteristics the

researcher wants to study within the context

of a particular research question

• population

• representative

  sample

• random

  sample

• sample

• survey

Multiple Choice

A limited number of cases drawn from the

larger population

• population

• representative

  sample

• random

  sample

• sample

• survey

Multiple Choice

A sample that has basically the same

relevant characteristics as the population

• population

• representative

  sample

• random

  sample

• sample

• survey

Multiple Choice

The research method in which people are asked to answer a series of

questions

• population

• representative

  sample

• random

  sample

• sample

• survey

Multiple Choice

The research method in which people are asked to answer a series of

questions

• population

• representative

  sample

• random

  sample

• sample

• survey

Open Ended

Provide an example of using precollected data.

Open Ended

For what reasons would you use participant observation instead of a

survey?

Causation in Science

Section 2

Open Ended

What is causation?

Open Ended

What is multiple causation?

Example

• Crime

Variables

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Independent

• Dependent