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15 Cards in this Set
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Problem with the Kansas City Star Newspaper report on Aids among Catholic priests that affected the validity of the report.
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Unrepresentative sample
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A sttement that can be tested about relationships between two or more variables
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HYPOTHESIS
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anything that changes or assumes different amounts or values
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variable
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a variable that changes in response to changes occuring in the independent variable
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dependent variable
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a variable that changes for reasons that have nothing to do with the dependent variable
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independent variable
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Research method that questions a population or a portion of it to find out specific facts
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survey
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the particular subset of a population chosen for the study
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sample
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Conditions where researches are kept uninformed about the hypotheses being tested and the kinds of subjects being studied.
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double-binded
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A question that can be answered by observing and analyzing the world, as it is known
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empirical question
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A study that cuts across a population at a given time
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cross-sectional study
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A study that investigates a population over a period of time
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longitudinal study
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The failure to achieve a representative sample
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sampling error
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Resesearchers entering into a group's activities and observing the group members
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participant observation
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sampling techniques assuring that each individual in the population has an equal chance of being selected
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random sample
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what Rik Scarce was defending when he refused to violate his agreement of confidentiality with his research participants
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American Sociological Associations Code of Ethics
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