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Down: 2) A moderating variable that we seek to control by holding it constant in our research design. 3) A source of data that can be used when operationally defining variables according to what people say about their own thoughts, views, or behaviors. 5) examine more specific subpopulations as they change over time. 8) research seeks to describe situation and events. The researcher observes and then describes what was observed. (can be qualitative, quantative or both)9) Characteristics of persons or things. 11) A relationship between two variables that are no longer related when a third variable is controlled. 13) the tendency of people to say or do things that will make them or their references group looks good. 14) A concept being investigated that is characterized by different attributes16) describe processes occurring over time and conduct their observations over an extended period. 18) A variable that is being explained or caused by an independent variable22) refers to the extent to which an empirical measure adequately reflects the real meaning of the concept under consideration. Also, refers to the extent of systematic error in measurement—the extent to which a specific measurement provides data that relate to commonly accepted meanings of a particular concept. 23) One attribute that is included in a study without including other attributes of the same variable. 24) study changes within some population over time. 26) A mental image that symbolizes an idea, an object, an event, a behavior, or a person 27) is a systematic set of interrelated statements intended to explain some aspect of social life or to enrich our sense of how people conduct and find meaning in their daily lives. However, in attempting to explain things, it inescapably gets involved in predicting them. Although prediction is implicit in explanation, it is important to distinguish between the two. Often we are able to predict without understanding. Across: 1) the researcher begins with a theory and then derives one or more hypotheses from it for testing.4) Research purpose is to explain things. For example, if a researcher Research purpose is to learn why battered women return to their batter rather than describing how often they do. (can be qualitative, quantative or both)6) A definition of a variable that identifies the observable indicators that will be used to determine that variable’s attributes. 7) When research is conducted to explore a topic - to provide a begining familiarity with it. When a reseacher is examining a new interest, when the subject under study is relatively new and unstudied, or when a researcher seeks to test the feasibility of undertaking a more careful study or wants to develop the methods to be used in a more careful study. (can be qualitative, quantative or both)10)  A tentative and testable statement about how changes in one variable are expected to explain changes in another variable. 12) A level of measurement that describes variables (such as gender or ethnicity) whose different attributes are categorical only, and can be described in terms of how many cases are in each category of the variable, but not degree of the variable. 15) a level of measurement that describes variables (such as age or number of children) whose attributes have all the qualities of interval measures and are also based on a true zero point. 17) have no consistent pattern of effects, make measure­ment inconsistent, and are likely to result from diffi­culties in understanding or administering measures. a measurement error that has no consistent patter of effects. 19) WHEN YOU TAKE A THEORY AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SPECIFIC FACTS THAT THEORY WOULD PREDICT. 20) variables changing together in a consistent, predictable fashion. 21) WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA (FACTS) AND COME UP WITH A THEORY (IDEA) THAT FITS THE DATA.25) a level of measurement that describes variables (such as IQ or Fahrenheit temperature) whose attributes are rank-ordered and have equal distances between adjacent attributes, but which do not have a true zero point. 28) the researcher starts from observed data and develops a hypothesis to explain the specific observations. 29) a field of inquiry that crosscuts disciplines and subject matters. Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in-depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior. The discipline investigates the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when. Hence, smaller but focused samples are more often needed rather than large random sam30) A source of data for a study, in which the information of concern has already been collected by others. 31) A level of measurement describing variables whose attributes may be rank-ordered according to degree. An example would be socioeconomic status as composed of the attributes high, medium and low. 32) The mechanism by which an independent variable affects a dependent variable. 33) A source of data that can be used when operationally defining variables based on observing actual behavior. 34) a distortion in measurement based on personal preferences or beliefs. 35) concerns the amount of random error in a measure and measurement consistency. It refers to the likelihood that a given measurement procedure will yield the same description of a given phenomenon if that measurement is repeated. For instance, estimating a person's age by asking his or her friends would be less reliable than asking the person or checking the birth certificate. 36) examine the same set of people each time. 37) examine phenomena at one point in time.
 

 

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