chapter 2 Flashcards
case study:
in-depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual
code of ethics:
a set of guidelines that the American Sociological Association has established to
foster ethical research and professionally responsible scholarship in sociology
content analysis:
applying a systematic approach to record and value information gleaned from
secondary data as it relates to the study at hand
control group:
an experimental group that is not exposed to the independent variable
correlation
when a change in one variable coincides with a change in another variable, but does
not necessarily indicate causation
dependent variables:
changed by other variables
empirical evidence:
evidence corroborated by direct experience and/or observation.
ethnography:
observing a complete social setting and all that it entails
experiment:
the testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions
field research:
gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experiment or a
survey
Hawthorne effect:
when study subjects behave in a certain manner due to their awareness of
being observed by a researcher
hypothesis:
an educated guess with predicted outcomes about the relationship between two or
more variables
independent variables:
cause changes in dependent variables
interpretive framework:
a sociological research approach that seeks in-depth understanding of a
topic or subject through observation or interaction; this approach is not based on hypothesis
testing
interview:
a one-on-one conversation between the researcher and the subject