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| Question | Answer |
| Action Research | A research style that focuses on a particular task or problem |
| Ageing Population | A population in which the proportion of people of retirement age is increasing faster than other age groups |
| Advocacy | When someone speaks on behalf of someone else who is unable to voice their views |
| Birth Rate | The number of babies born per thousand of the population per year |
| Biased | Prejudice or preference for the researcher's own argument |
| Bias | Distortion of results of research caused by undue influence of a specific factor |
| Census | Full scale national survey taken once every ten years since 1801 (apart from 1941) |
| Child Support Agency | Est, 1993 Absent parent traced by CSA to support children financially |
| Closed Question | Has a fixed set of answers, often used to arrive at quantitative data |
| Cohabitation | Couples living together in a permanent relationship without being married |
| Chort Study | A systematic study of a specific group of people |
| Congruence | To agree |
| Conjugal Roles | The roles played by adult males and females within a family. They may be segregated (separate roles) or joint (shared equal roles). Also referred to as the division of labour |
| Continuum | The range between two points |
| Correlation | A link between two data sets |
| Demographic | The science of the population to include the description of factual characteristics such as age, gender or income level |
| Disproportionate Random Sampling | A technique to make sure that small groups within a target population are adequately represented in the sample |
| Distort | Twist or contort or misrepresent |
| Domiciliary Services | Health and social care services which take place in service users' home |
| Dual-worker Families | Where both partners work |
| Emigration | People leaving a country to settle elsewhere |
| Evaluate | Consider the advantages and disadvantages and make judgements against theory or the views of others |
| Feminist | Follower of a 1960s movement which promoted women's rights at home and at work |
| Fertility Rate | The number of babies born per thousand women of child-bearing age per year |
| Generalisation | The extent to which findings of a survey are applicable to a wider population |
| Glass Ceiling | An invisible barrier that prevents some women from fulfilling their potential in the workplace and explains why there are relatively fewer females in senior positions |
| Immigration | People moving into a country to live |
| Independent Sector | Agencies that provide health and social care independently from statutory services. They could be private or voluntary |
| Infant Mortality Rate | The number of deaths of infants under one year old per thousand live births. An indicator or general prosperity |
| Informal Care | Usually unpaid care given by family, friends or nieghbours |
| Informed Consent | When someone has been given the facts about the research to be carried out and on this basis has agreed to take part |
| Life Expectancy | The number of years a newborn baby can be expected to live |
| Longitudinal Study | A piece of research conducted over a significant period of time |
| Macro Research | Large scale research |
| Micro Research | Small scale research |
| Migration | The movement of people from one area to another |
| Multi-cultural Society | A society which embraces and accepts people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds |
| New Man | Someone who has moved away from the stereotypical traditional male "macho" figure to one who shares tasks equally with partner |
| New Right | A view of the family that is based upon tradition and is reluctant to accept changes that have occurred e.g. increase in lone parent families. It believes that the nuclear family is the ideal, with little government intervention |
| Objective Research | Not distorted by emotional involvement or personal bias |
| Opportunity Sampling | The use, by the researcher, of those people who are available and/or willing to take part in a study |
| Perspective | Viewpoint |
| Pilot Study | A 'dry run' to test out a new data collection tool, this allows for modifications |
| Primary Research | Information collected by the researcher themselves |
| Qualitative Data | Instead of using numbers relies upon words to express feelings, values and attitudes |
| Quantitative Data | Data which can be put into numerical form e.g. percentages, numbers, tables, graphs and charts |
| Quota Sampling | The selection of specified number of subjects, who satisfy a number predetermined criteria |
| Recession | Deteriorating economic conditions, when unemployment increases and productivity declines |
| Relatability | The extent to which research findings may be applicable to other, similar population samples |
| Reliability | The extent to which a measurement yields the same answer each time it is used |
| Rising Longevity | People are living longer due to improvements in diet, health care and education |
| Sampling | The Selection of a representative cross-section of the population being studied |
| Secondary Data | Information used by a researcher but collected by someone else |
| Secularisation | The decline in religious beliefs, religious behaviour and the role of the church |
| Self Concept | The view we have of ourselves |
| Self Esteem | Self confidence |
| Semi-structured Data | Information collected about specific topics but expressed in the respondents' own words |
| Serial Monogamy | Having several marriage partner during a lifetime |
| Statutory Services | Those provided by the state, through legislation |
| Stratified Random Sampling | Selection of subjects in proportion to the numbers of a group from a sampling data |
| Subjective | Research coloured or affected by personal views, emotions or prejudice |
| Third Sector | Voluntary sector |
| Total Fertility Rate | This measure expresses births in a year in terms of the implied overage number of children per women over a lifetime |
| Unethical | Not carried out in accordance with the principles of conduct that are considered correct |
| Unstructured Data | Not tightly controlled by interviewer, therefore in respondents' own words |
| Validity | Extent to which a measurement truly reflects the phenomenon being studied. Refers to the quality of research results |
| Voluntary Organisations | Non-profit making agencies e.g. charities |
| Welfare State | A 'safety net' for individuals and families whereby the government will ensure a basic minimum standard of care and support |
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