BASIC RESEARCH METHODS USED BY SOCIOLOGISTS

What do observational studies focus on?

• They focus on predicting the relationships between 2 or more people

• They focus on engaging experiments

• They focus on what people do in real life, rather than what they say.

• They focus on summarizing data to describe a persons personality

How are experiments different from observational studies?

• Experiments test hypotheses by manipulating variables to find cause-and-effect relationships, while observational studies do not change anything.

• experiments are more predictable than observational studies

• Experiments test hypotheses by manipulating variables to find cause-and-effect relationships, while observational studies do change

• observational studies are more predictable than experiments

What is a hypothesis?

• A hypothesis is a random guess about what might happen in the future without any basis.

• A hypothesis is a confirmed fact about the relationship between two or more variables.

• A hypothesis is an untestable statement that describes a single variable.

• A hypothesis is a testable prediction about the relationship between two or more variables.

What are variables in experiments?

• Variables are random factors that don't affect the outcome of the experiment.

• Variables are only used to describe the participants in the study, not to measure changes.

• Variables are elements that researchers change independent or measure dependent to study their effects.

• Variables are the conclusions that researchers make after analyzing the data.

1. What do probabilities tell researchers?

• Probabilities guarantee that the results are always correct.

• • probabilities show how likely it is that the result is true and not random.

• Probabilities tell researchers exactly what caused the result.

• Probabilities show how many participants were in the study.