Chapter 1 and 2 study guide

Question 1

action research

Answer 1

1.

Question 2

applied social research

Answer 2

2.

Question 3

basic social research

Answer 3

3.

Question 4

case study

Answer 4

4.

Question 5

cohort study

Answer 5

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Question 6

content analysis

Answer 6

6.

Question 7

cross-sectional research

Answer 7

7.

Question 8

data

Answer 8

8.

Question 9

descriptive research

Answer 9

9.

Question 10

empirical evidence

Answer 10

10.

Question 11

evaluation research

Answer 11

11.

Question 12

existing statistics research

Answer 12

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Question 13

experimental research

Answer 13

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Question 14

explanatory research

Answer 14

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Question 15

field research

Answer 15

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Question 16

halo effect

Answer 16

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Question 17

historical-comparative research

Answer 17

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Question 18

longitudinal research

Answer 18

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Question 19

Happens when some evidence supports your belief, but you falsely assumes that it applies to most situations

Answer 19

Overgeneralization

Question 20

panel study

Answer 20

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Question 21

premature closure

Answer 21

21.

Question 22

qualitative data

Answer 22

22.

Question 23

quantitative data

Answer 23

23.

Question 24

scientific community

Answer 24

24.

Question 25

scientific method

Answer 25

25.

Question 26

secondary data analysis

Answer 26

26.

Question 27

selective observation

Answer 27

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Question 28

social impact assessment study

Answer 28

28.

Question 29

social research

Answer 29

• 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

Question 30

survey research

Answer 30

30.

Question 31

times-series study

Answer 31

31.

Question 32

association

Answer 32

32.

Question 33

assumption

Answer 33

33.

Question 34

blame analysis

Answer 34

34.

Question 35

causal explanation

Answer 35

35.

Question 36

classification concept

Answer 36

36.

Question 37

concept cluster

Answer 37

37.

Question 38

deductive approach

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38.

Question 39

empirical generalization

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39.

Question 40

functional theory

Answer 40

40.

Question 41

grounded theory

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41.

Question 42

ideal type

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Question 43

idiographic

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Question 44

inductive approach

Answer 44

44.

Question 45

Name the alternatives to social research

Answer 45

authority, tradition, commonsense, and personal experience