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Chapter 2
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- 1Causal LogicThe relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence, with one leading to the other
- 2Code of EthicsThe standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession
- 3Content AnalysisThe systematic coding and objective recording of data, guided by some rationale
- 4Control GroupThe subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher
- 5Control VariableA factor that is held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable
- 6CorrelationA relationship between two variables in which a change in one coincides with a change in the other
- 7Cross-tabulationA table or matrix that shows the relationship between two or more variables
- 8Dependent VariableThe variable in a casual relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable
- 9EthnographyThe study of an entire social setting through extended systematic fieldwork
- 10ExperimentAn artificially created situation that allows a researcher to manipulate variables
- 11Experimental GroupThe subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher
- 12Hawthorne EffectThe unintended influence that observers of experiments can have on their subjects
- 13HypothesisA speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables
- 14Independent VariableThe variable in a casual relationship that causes or influences a change in another variable
- 15InterviewA face-to-face, phone, or online questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information
- 16MeanA number calculated by adding a series of values and then dividing by the number of values
- 17MedianThe midpoint or number that divides a series of values into two groups of equal numbers of values
- 18ModeThe single most common value in series of scores
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