Research can be divided into two broad categories...what are they?
Qualitative, quantitative
What is necessary when determining a casual relationship between two variables?
The research must be based on entire populations, not just representative samples
What is a form that a researcher sends you to fill out concerning your favorite movies?
Questionnaire
What is closely associated with qualitative research?
Participant observations
What do sociologists rely on to perform quantitative research?
Pre-collected data
If an interviewer asks you to name three favorite ways to spend your leisure time, that is an example of what type of question?
Open-ended question
A questionnaire that lists 20 leisure-time activities and asks you to pick your three favorites from a list is what type of question?
Close-ended question
What methods are used when conducting qualitative research?
Field studies, case studies, participant observations
All the high school football players in the state of Nebraska is an example of what?
Population
What is the most common reason that researchers usually do not conduct surveys of an entire population?
It's usually too time consuming and expensive to survey an entire population
Assuming that a researcher has determined that the more hours a student works at a job the lower his grades will be is an example of what?
Negative correlation
Why do sociologists conduct research?
Gain knowledge
What must sociologists consider when conducting research?
The ethical implications of their research methods
How is a survey useful to a sociologist?
When they want to study a large group of people
Why are close-ended questions used in surveys?
Results are relatively easy to quantify
Are statistical methods used to analyze qualitative data?
No
Secondary analysis
Using census date collected by the US government to determine the average income
Hypothesis
Testable statement of relationship among well defined variables
Variable
Either quantitative or qualitative
Causation
One event predictably leads to another event
Case study
Commonly used type of field research
Population
All those people have a specified characteristic