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Chapter 2 Sociological Research Methods Key Terms

hypothesis Statement of the relationship between two or more concepts. independent variable Presumed to cause or determine a dependent variable.

qualitative research Interpretive descriptions rather than statistics are used to analyze underlying meanings and patterns of social relationships. quantitative research Goal is scientific objectivity and the focus is on data that can be measured numerically.

random sampling Every member of an entire population being studied has the same chance of being selected. probability sampling Participants are deliberately chosen because they have specific characteristics.

validity The extent to which a study or research instrument accurately measures what it is supposed to measure. reliability The extent to which a study or research instrument yields consistent results.

research methods Strategies or techniques for conducting research. survey Poll in which the researcher gathers facts or attempts to determine the relationships among facts.

respondents Persons who provide data for analysis through interviews or questionnaires. questionnaire Printed research instrument containing a series of items to which subjects respond.

interview Data collection encounter in which an interviewer asks the respondent questions and records the answers. secondary analysis Researchers use existing material and analyze data originally collected by others.

content analysis Examination of cultural artifacts or various forms of communication to extract thematic data and draw conclusions about social life. field research Study of social life in its natural setting: observing and interviewing people where they live, work and play.

participant observation Collecting systematic observations while being part of the activities of the group that the researcher is studying. ethnography A detailed study of the life and activities of a group of people by researchers who may live with that group over a period of years.

unstructured interview An extended, open-ended interaction between an interviewer and an interviewee. experiment A carefully designed situation in which the researcher studies the impact of certain variables on subjects’ attitudes or behavior.

experimental group Subjects who are exposed to an independent variable. control group Subjects who are not exposed to the independent variable.

correlation Exists when two variables are associated more frequently than could be expected by chance. Hawthorne effect Changes in subject’s behavior caused by researcher’s presence or by the subjects awareness of being studied.