Sociology 101 Chapter 2

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Research

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The process of systematically collecting info for the purpose of testing an existing theory or generating a new one.

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Debunking

Back 2

The unmasking of fallacies in the everyday and official interpretations of society.

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Quantative research

Back 3

The goal is scientific objectivity, and the focus is on data that can be measured numerically.

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Qualitative research

Back 4

interpretive research rather than statistics is used to analyze underlying meanings and patterns of social relationships

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Independent Variable

Back 5

presumed to cause or determine a dependent variable

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Dependent Variable

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assumed to depend on orbe caused by the independent variable(s)

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Survey

Back 7

a poll in which the researcher gathers facts or attempts to determine the relationships among facts

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Theory

Back 8

a set of logically interrelated statements that attempts to describe, explain, and (occasionally) predict social events.

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Participant Observation

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refers to the process of collecting data while being part of the activities of the group that the researcher is studying.

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Control Group

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contains the subjects who are not exposed to the independent variable.

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Experimental Group

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contains the subjects who are exposed to an independent variable

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Hawthorne Effect

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refers to changes in the subject's behavior caused by the researcher's presence or by the subject's awareness of being studied.