Research

Question 1

What are the two main types of research?

Answer 1

Observational studies and Experimental studies

Question 2

Observational studies

Answer 2

Collection of data by watching activities of subjects

Question 3

Experimental study

Answer 3

studies that changes variables

Question 4

Pure scientists

Answer 4

Scientists who study to learn knowledge

Question 5

applied scientists

Answer 5

Scientists who study to solve problem

Question 6

Deductive reasoning

Answer 6

Moves general to speesific to reseach a concllusion

Question 7

Inductive reasoning

Answer 7

Moves spesific facts to a genearl to reaseve a conclution

Question 8

Controlled exparment

Answer 8

here only one variable at a time is changed

Question 9

Variable

Answer 9

Variabel is a condition in an exparement that is changed

Question 10

Stratified random sample

Answer 10

The population is devided into groups of diffrent variables (ex. Ethnicity) then a random sample is taken form each group

Question 11

Realiability

Answer 11

Would another similar study yeild similar results to first study

Question 12

Validity

Answer 12

How well reasearch mesures to what it was supposed to mesure (how effective was it)

Question 13

Quantititve measurement

Answer 13

Is mesure of how much

Question 14

Mesurment

Answer 14

Mesurment that identifys things (ex.height or length)

Question 15

Counting

Answer 15

Counting so counting objects in a category (ex.mean, median)

Question 16

Mean

Answer 16

avrage

Question 17

Median

Answer 17

The middle number

Question 18

Mode

Answer 18

The number that appeares most

Question 19

Range

Answer 19

The diffrence between the greatest and least number

Question 20

Bronislaw malinoski

Answer 20

Bronislaw malinoski developed participant observation

Question 21

Frank Cushing

Answer 21

Frank Cushing was one first participent observeres. He became part of the society of Zuni natives in New mexico while a participent observer for 5 years

Question 22

Census conducted every __ years

Answer 22

Census conducted every 10 years

Question 23

secondary analysis

Answer 23

Use of data aready collected is secondary analysis

Question 24

Qualitative analysis

Answer 24

Narative description and interpertation of what was obervered/gathered

Question 25

Scientific method

Answer 25

Scientifict method: 1. Identify the problem or the question to be answered.

2. Research and gather information. 3. Formulate a hypothesis.

4. Conduct research.

5. Identify the sample size and gather data.

6. Record and analyze data.

7. Form a conclusion.

Question 26

At the conclusion of which of these research methods is an ethnography written?

Answer 26

participant observation

Question 27

Choose the term that matches the following scenario. | An anthropologist questions the elders of a South American Indian tribe about their religious beliefs.

Answer 27

sample

Question 28

Choose the term that matches the following scenario. | A census of all people living in the United States is taken every 10 years.

Answer 28

survey

Question 29

Choose the term that matches the following scenario. | A social scientist reports the findings at the conclusion of a study of rural schools in North Dakota.

Answer 29

case study

Question 30

Choose the term that matches the following scenario. | Social scientists call people to obtain their views on the quality of healthcare in their city.

Answer 30

survey

Question 31

# Choose the term that matches the following scenario. A study of small-group behavior of a selected random sample.

Answer 31

controlled experiment

Question 32

# Choose the term that matches the following scenario. An anthropologist moves to a community to study the effects of poverty on senior citizens.

Answer 32

field observation

Question 33

Which of these is an example of rank order?

Answer 33

arranging a number set from least to greatest

Question 34

Which of these is an example of rank order?

Answer 34

arranging a number set from least to greatest

Question 35

# Choose the term that matches the following scenario An anthropologist examines the census data over the past 100 years to determine the growth of minority groups in the United States.

Answer 35

secondary analysis

Question 36

What is an ethnography?

Answer 36

part of a qualitative study