Unit B Flashcards
a form of investigation that involves looking to the world for evidence
Empirical Inquiry
queries about the world that can be answered empirically
Research questions
scientific strategies for collecting empirical data about social facts
Sociological Research Methods
a relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other decreases
Negative Correlation
turning abstract conceptual ideas into measurable observations
Operationalization
an observed relationship between two variables
Correlation
research involving data collected from people
Human subjects research
a statistical relationship in which a change in one variable produces a change in another
Causation
a term used to describe data that are applicable to the whole population from which the same is drawn
Generalizable
a statistical relationship between two variables that appears because both correlate with a third variable
Spurious
a relationship between two variables that tend to move in the same direction
Positive Correlation
the existing body of empirical and theoretical publications written by scholars
Academic Literature
a step in the publication process in which
Peer Review
a clear understanding on behalf of a research subject of what their participation in a research study entails
Informed Consent
a guarantee that a research subject’s participation in and contributions to a research study will be known only to the researchers
Confidentiality
