Scientific Method Quiz

Is suicide committed for the benefit of others. Falling on a grenade is one such example

Durkheims term for suicide that results from a condition of social normlessness known as anomie

Research method that provides a way to systematically organize and summarize both the manifest and latent content of communication

A regularly occurring relationship between two variables.

A decimal number between zero and one that is used to indicate the strength of the correlation.

Studies that describe social patterns in societies other than the researchers own.

Facts, statistics, study results and other observable onformation

In an experiment, the quality or factor that is affected by one or more independent variables.

Durkheims term for suicide that results from social isolation and individualism

Studies in which researchers observe people in their everyday settings, usually over an extended period of time.

The taking of ones own life when the future is bleak

Sociological research of past events, previous ways of life, or patterns of change over time

A tentative statement that predicts how two or more variables affect, or are related to, one another

In an experiment, the quality or facter that affects one or more dependent variables.

Conversation where questions are asked about a topic

The average

Number that falls in the middle

Number that appears most

The set of clearly measurable indicators that will represent of the variables in the analysis

In a survey, total number of people that share same characteristic that is being studied

Research based on verbal descriptions, firsthand observations, pictures

Research that relies on statictical analyses of data

In a survey, when one person in the population has an equal chance at being selected as the others

The degree to which a study yields the same results when repeated by the original or other researchers.

A limited number of people selected from the population being studied who are representatives of the population (if I got picked for a study on 20 year olds that live in Waldwick)

Research that reanalyzes data drawn from previous research projects

A correlation between two variables that has no meaningful causal basis

A research method used during questionaires or interviews

The degree to which a scientific study measures what it attempts to measure

Any factor capable of change

THE SYSTEMATIC< EMPIRICAL AND LOGICAL COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA