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anonymity
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Anonymity is guaranteed in a research project when neither the researchers nor the readers of the findings can identify a given response with a given respondent.
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confidentiality
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A research project guarantees confidentiality when the researcher can identify a given person’s responses but promises not to do so publicly.
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debriefing
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Interviewing subjects to learn about their experience of participation in the project and to inform them of any unrevealed purpose.
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informed consent
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A norm in which subjects base their voluntary participation in research projects on a full understanding of the possible risks involved.
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cohort study
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A study in which some specific subpopulation, or cohort, is studied over time, although data may be collected from different members in each set of observations.
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correlation
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An empirical relationship between two variables such that changes in one are associated with changes in the other.
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cross-sectional study
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A study based on observations representing a single point in time.
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ecological fallacy
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Erroneously basing conclusions about individuals solely on the observation of groups.
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longitudinal study
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A study design involving data collected at different points in time, as contrasted with a cross-sectional study.
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panel study
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A type of longitudinal study, in which data are collected from the same set of people (the sample or panel) at several points in time.
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reductionism
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A fault of some researchers: a strict limitation (reduction) of the kinds of concepts to be considered relevant to the phenomenon under study.
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social artifact
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Any product of social beings or their behavior. Can be a unit of analysis.
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spurious relationship
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A coincidental statistical correlation between two variables, shown to be caused by some third variable.
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trend study
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A type of longitudinal study in which a given characteristic of some population is monitored over time.
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units of analysis
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The what or whom being studied. In social science research, the most typical units of analysis are individual people.
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