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Cross-sectional studies
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survey research
collect data in only one period of time—snapshot of a social phenomenon |
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longitundinal studies
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gather data at different points in time
better at detecting causal changes (cause and effect) |
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panel study
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type of longitudinal study
the exact same people are studied at different points of time |
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ethnography
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researcher lives with the people being studied for some period of time
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Praxis
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combining social research and theory with the active attempt to improve society
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modes of production
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different ways in which society have organized the basic forms of economic production
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What is a genome?
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the entirelty of an organisms hereditarty information (over 3 billion base pairs)
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pronuptialism
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the informal norm that people should get married
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familism
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the belief in a strong sense of family identification and loyalty, mutual assistance among family members, a concern for the perpetuation of the family unit
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matrifocal family
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a family in which the mother-child bond takes precedence over the husband-wife bond and in which the day-to-day problems of family living (especially child care and socialization) are managed by women
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