Sociology Voc 2

Ethics

Rules of conduct, acceptable or not, humane conditions.

Hypothesis

Testable statement.

Scientific Method

Validity, review, hypothesis, research, collect data.

Participant Observation

Researcher activity engages with group.

Data

Facts or statistics.

Case Study

Intensive study of a single group, incident, or community.

Survey

Research method, people answer questions.

Field Research

Research in natural setting (out in a lab).

Population

Group of people with certain characteristics.

Secondary Analysis

Pre-existing data for data collection and research.

Sample

Group of people to represent a larger population.

Open-Ended Question

Question a person to respond in own words.

Representative Sample

Accurately represent population.

Close-Ended Question

Limits answer, yes or no.

Questionnaire

Written set of questions answered by participant.

Interview

Conversation, asks questions and records them.

Variable

Characteristic that is subject to change.

Spurious Correlation

2 variables caused by a 3rd factor.

Intervention

Intervening action to influence particular event.

Correlation

Measure of relationship between 2 variables.

Causation

One event leads to another.

Intervening Variable

Variable changes relationship between primary variables.

Multiple Causation

Event occurs as a result of several factors.

Dependent Variable

Characteristic that reflects changes.

Quantitative Variable

Characteristic measured numerically.

Independent Variable

Characteristic that causes something to change.

Qualitative Variable

Characteristic defined by presence or absence of a quality.