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22 Cards in this Set
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Case Study
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Intensive study of a single group, incident, or community.
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Causation
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The belief that events occur in predictable ways and that one event leads into another.
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Close ended questions
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Questions a person must answer by choosing from a limited, predetermined set of responses.
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Correlation
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A measure of the relationship between two variables
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Dependent variable
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A characteristic that reflects a change.
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Field research
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Research that takes place in a natural (nonlabratory) setting
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Hypothesis
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A testable statement of relationships among well-defined variables
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Independent Variable
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A characteristic that causes something to occur
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Interview
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A survey method in which a trained researcher asks questions and records the answers
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Literature research
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Process in which a researcher finds out all he or she can about any earlier research
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Multiple causation
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The belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination
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Open ended questions
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Questions a person is to answer in his or her own words
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Participant observation
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A case study where the researcher becomes a member of the group being studied
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Population
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A group of people with certain specified characteristics
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Quantifiable Variable
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A characteristic that is defined by its presence of absence in a category
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Quantitative Variable
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A characteristic that can be measured numerically
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Questionnaire
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A written set of questions to be answered by a research participant
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Representative Sample
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A sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population as a whole
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Sample
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A group of people the represent a larger population
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Secondary analysis
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Using pre-collected information for data collection and research purposes
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Survey
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Research method in which people respond to questions
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Variable
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A characteristic that is subject to change
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