Lecture 5

Question 1

________ observation or questioning often causes participant reactivity

Answer 1

Direct

Question 2

Unobtrusive methods are _________

Answer 2

indirect

Question 3

What are non-reactive methods?

Answer 3

Use real world examples to test hypothesis without participant involvement

Question 4

What is a major benefit to multimethod approaches?

Answer 4

Reduces the likelihood that research findings are due to some artifact of a single measurement process

Question 5

What are physical traces?

Answer 5

Remnants, fragments and products of past behavior.

Question 6

What are use traces?

Answer 6

Physical evidence that results from use.

Question 7

___________ results from naturally recurring events.

Answer 7

Natural use

Question 8

___________ involves manipulation by investigator

Answer 8

Controlled use

Question 9

What are products?

Answer 9

Artifacts that give you info about a person/culture

Question 10

What are running records?

Answer 10

Records that are continually kept and updated

Question 11

What are natural treatments?

Answer 11

Tracking effects of societal evets

Question 12

What is meta-analysis?

Answer 12

A study of previous studies, combines and analyzes data from many studies on the same topic to make a definite conclusion

Question 13

What is secondary data analysis?

Answer 13

Analyzing previously collected data for a new purpose

Question 14

What is a selection bias?

Answer 14

When your sources are selective and non-representative

Question 15

What are some advantages to Archival data analysis?

Answer 15

Data is already there
Less time consuming
Fewer ethical issues

Question 16

What are some disadvantages to archival data analysis?

Answer 16

Must take what’s there, can’t determine causality.