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- 1Scientific methodOrganized series of steps that make sure that the problem being studied consistently
- 2ValidityDegree in which a measure truly indicates the phenomenon under study
- 3ReliabilityProduces constant results
- 4Quantitative researchCollection of data by researchers in numeric form
- 5Qualitative researchResearch that relies on what is seen on the field or its natural state. Instead of data
- 6Operational definitionExplanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough, to allow researchers to get a grasp of it
- 7InterviewFace-to-face, phone, or online questioning, in order to obtain desired information
- 8Independent variableVariable that causes or influences a change in another variable
- 9Hawthorne effectUnintended influence that observers of experiments can have on their subjects
- 10ExperimentAn artificially created situation that allows researchers to manipulate variables
- 11Experimental groupSubjects who are exposed to an independent variable
- 12EthnographyStudy of an entire social setting by fieldwork
- 13Dependent variableVariable that is subject to the influence of another variable
- 14CorrelationRelationship between two variables in which one coincides with the change of the other
- 15Control variableThe factor that is constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable
- 16Control GroupSubjects in the experiment that are not introduced to the independent variable
- 17Content analysisSystematic coding and objective recording of data
- 18Code of ethicsStandards of behaviors developed by and for profession
- 19AnomieThe loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior becomes ineffective
- 20Clinical sociologyThe use of discipline with the intent to alter social relationships or restructuring social institutions
- 21Cultural capitalNoneconomic goods, that are reflected in the knowledge of language and the arts
§ Family background
§ Education - 22GlobalizationWorldwide integration
§ Government
§ Cultures
§ Social movements
§ Financial markets
§ Trade and exchange of ideas - 23Ideal typeModel that specifies on specific cases
- 24Natural sciencePhysical features of nature and the ways inn which they interact and change over time
- 25Queer theoryStudy of society form a sexual identity perspective
- 26ScienceKnowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation
- 27Social scienceStudy of peoples social features and the ways in which they interact and change
- 28Verstehen○ German word for
§ understanding or insight
○ Stresses the need for sociologists to take into account the subjective meanings people attach to their actions
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