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Down: 2) Concerned with the practical and utilitarian uses of knowledge, with making knowledge useful to people.3) Precise definitions of terms of conditions, also known as "working definitions," that allow others to know exactly the dimensions of what was studied.6) A sociology theory that holds that the most appropriate way to understand society is to focus on the consequences of the conflict, competition, and discord that are common in social change; from Karl Marx.8) Research in which the researcher is or appears to be a participant in the activity or group that is being studied.9) Knowledge gained through experience and sence observation.11) Type or research in which the researcher introduces a stimulus to a subject or group and then observes the respnse; the researcher manipulates the independent varible (exercise, for example) and watches for change in the dependent variable (heart disease, for example).12) The fact that people respond to the process of being observed.13) Research in which subjects react or respond to a questionnaire or an interviewer. (Compare with nonreactive research.)16) The unintended and less obvious, often unrecognized function.19) An act that leads to change or destruction of some unit (organism, social group or instituation, and so on.)20) (1) A product of knowledge- in information about an event is available, then regulation (control) of the consequenecs of the event are possible (2) The attempt by scientists to manipulate (control) factors that can affect what they are studying. Across: 1) A condition or trait that changes or has different values (such are I.Q., temperature, or weight).4) A testable statement, or propostition used to guide an investigation.5) Research in which records physical traces, and signs left by people are studied; observation of subjectss without direct intrusion, subject is not aware of being studied. (Compare with reaactive research.)7) Attempts to discover facts and principles about the universe without regard for possible uses the knowledge might have.10) Describes a situation in which an event B (effect) always follows a previous event A (cause), and in the absence of A,B does not appear.14) The repetition of studies (research efforts) in similar and unique circumstances to see if the results are consistent with earlier results.15) The "cause"; that quantity or aspect of the study that seems to produce change in another variable.17) Information or knowledge gained by mystical means; intuition, revelation, inspiration, magic, visions, spells; tends to be private knowledge experienced only by the mystic.18) Research that involves the collection of information from subjects through use of questionnaires or interviews; can be descriptive or causal- explanatory.21) The gaining of knowledge through sense observation; understanding through description by means of measurement, making possible prediction and thus adjustment to or control of the environment.22) An act that contributes to the existence of a unit, such as breathing and eating for the life of the organism.23) A sociological theory that focuses on the process of person-to-person interaction, on how people develop viewpoints about themselves and others, and on forms of interpersonal communication.24) The science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society, including social behavior, groups, institutions, and social organization.25) A method of gaining knowledge through the use of reason and logic.26) The intended and recognized functions of something.27) The situation in which an event is caused by more than one factor.28) A sample of subjects in which every element in the total population being studied has an equal chance of being selected; the small sample of the subjects is then theoretically representative of the larger population from which it was selected.29) The "effect"; that quantity or aspect of a study whose change the researcher wants to understand.30) A sociological theory that focuses on the strutures that emerge in society and on the functions that these structures perform in the operation of society as a whole.
 

 

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