Sociology... research method chapter 2

A case study in which the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied

• Participant observation
• Survey research
• Secondary Analysis

• Spurious Correlation

The belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads to another

• Randomness
• Coincidence
• Causation

• Correlation

The recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses

• Hypothesis testing
• Problem solving
• Data analysis
• Scientific method

Research that takes place in a natural (non-laboratory) setting

• Lab research
• Virtual research
• Field research
• Case Study

A survey method in which a trained researcher asks questions and records the answers

• Interview method

• questionnaire method

• Observation method
• Focus group method

Questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited predetermined set of responses

• Questions with unlimited responses
• Questions with open-ended answers
• Closed-ended Questions

• Surveys

Questions a person is to answer in his or her own words

• Causation

• Open-ended questions

• Closed-ended questions

• Participant Observation

The belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination

• Cognitive perspective
• Behaviorist perspective
• Multiple Causation

• Structuralist perspective

testable statement of relationships among variables

• independent variable

• hypothesis
• experiment
• correlation

A charateristic that is defined by its presence or absence in a catagory

• qualitative variable

• sample

• Independent variable

• correlation