Chapter 3: Sex Research Flashcards
define volunteer bias
arise when some people refuse to participate so that those who are in the sample are volunteers who may ins one way differ from those who refused to participate
social desirability
distort answers to a survey in the direction perceived to be more acceptable (social acceptance)
what happens when you normalize a question
similar to Tony Bogart study with masturbation, people may answer these questions more honestly
define informed consent
people have the right to be informed before participation
what is protection from harm?
investigations should minimize the amount of physical and psychological stress to people in research
what is justice principle
holds that the risk of participation should be distributed fairly across groups in soccer, as should the beneifts
what is harms-benefits analysis?
weighing the harm of research against the benefits of research
in the original Kinsey research what was the problem?
he didn’t believe in random sampling and compensated by volunteer bias
in the original Kinsey research what method did he use?
he used face-to-face interviews by highly trained interviwers - subject would be questioned up to 521 items in each history
define correlation studies?
researcher doesn’t manipulate variables but rather studies naturally occurring relationships
define experimental
in which one variable is manipulated and other factors are held constant
