1-4 QUIZ: Research in Sociology

an objective, logical, and systematic way of collecting empirical data and arriving at reasoned conclusions

• scientific method
• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• historical method

an intensive analysis of a person, group, event, or problem

• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• historical method
• sample

a research method in which researchers become directly involved in the situation under investigation

• participant observation
• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• historical method

a characteristic that can differ from one individual, group, or situation to another in a measurable way

• variable
• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• historical method

a statement that predicts the relationship between two or more variables

• hypothesis
• case study
• content analysis
• historical method
• sample

the research method used to analyze existing sources that involves counting the number of times a particular word, phrase, idea, event, symbol, or other element appears in a given context

• content analysis
• case study
• hypothesis
• historical method
• sample

a small but representative selection of people studied in a survey or other research project

• sample
• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• historical method

a situation that exists when a change in one variable is regularly associated with a change in another variable

• correlation
• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• historical method

a research method in which data is gathered under controlled conditions set by the researcher

• experiment
• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• historical method

a research method that involves the examination of any materials from the past that contain information of sociological interest

• historical method
• case study
• hypothesis
• content analysis
• sample