Chapter 1 and 2 study guide Flashcards
action research
1.
applied social research
2.
basic social research
3.
case study
4.
cohort study
5.
content analysis
6.
cross-sectional research
7.
data
8.
descriptive research
9.
empirical evidence
10.
evaluation research
11.
existing statistics research
12.
experimental research
13.
explanatory research
14.
field research
15.
halo effect
16.
historical-comparative research
17.
longitudinal research
18.
Happens when some evidence supports your belief, but you falsely assumes that it applies to most situations
Overgeneralization
panel study
20.
premature closure
21.
qualitative data
22.
quantitative data
23.
scientific community
24.
scientific method
25.
secondary data analysis
26.
selective observation
27.
social impact assessment study
28.
social research
- research studies to answer questions about social life
- to learn something new about the social world
- to carefully document out guesses, hunches, theories, or beliefs about it
- to better understand how the social world works p.2
survey research
30.
times-series study
31.
association
32.
assumption
33.
blame analysis
34.
causal explanation
35.
classification concept
36.
concept cluster
37.
deductive approach
38.
empirical generalization
39.
functional theory
40.
grounded theory
41.
ideal type
42
idiographic
43
inductive approach
44.
Name the alternatives to social research
authority, tradition, commonsense, and personal experience
