Lecture 5 Flashcards
________ observation or questioning often causes participant reactivity
Direct
Unobtrusive methods are _________
indirect
What are non-reactive methods?
Use real world examples to test hypothesis without participant involvement
What is a major benefit to multimethod approaches?
Reduces the likelihood that research findings are due to some artifact of a single measurement process
What are physical traces?
Remnants, fragments and products of past behavior.
What are use traces?
Physical evidence that results from use.
___________ results from naturally recurring events.
Natural use
___________ involves manipulation by investigator
Controlled use
What are products?
Artifacts that give you info about a person/culture
What are running records?
Records that are continually kept and updated
What are natural treatments?
Tracking effects of societal evets
What is meta-analysis?
A study of previous studies, combines and analyzes data from many studies on the same topic to make a definite conclusion
What is secondary data analysis?
Analyzing previously collected data for a new purpose
What is a selection bias?
When your sources are selective and non-representative
What are some advantages to Archival data analysis?
Data is already there
Less time consuming
Fewer ethical issues
What are some disadvantages to archival data analysis?
Must take what’s there, can’t determine causality.
