Social Sciene And Researh Methods

Question 0

Types of research design

Answer 0

Correlational and experimental

Question 1

Scientific method

Answer 1

Question
Hypothesis 
method
Results
Discussion

Question 2

Correlational

Answer 2

Observe without trying to change.
Cross sectional
Longitudinal

Question 3

Experimental

Answer 3

Conduct an experiment

Manipulate some variable

Question 4

Cross sectional

Answer 4

Measuring two or more variables at the same times

Purpose= to show association. Using something about one variable to enter mine the co-occurrence of another variable

Question 5

Why doesn’t correlation equal causation

Answer 5

Directionality problem

Third variable problem

Question 6

Directionality problem

Answer 6

What you think is the cause may actually be the effect

Question 7

Third variable problem

Answer 7

A separate variable may cause both correlated variables

Ex: shoe size and IQ

Question 8

Longitudinal

Answer 8

Same indiv. Over a long period of time
Examines intra individual change
Repeated measurement design
Better able to determine direction of relationships because you can look at whether one variable A predicts variable B

Question 9

Experimental

Answer 9

Manipulation of an independent variable to determine the effects on dependent variables
Causal inferences. Only one
Usually utilized random assignments