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The scientific method involves asking a question, researching existing sources to form a hypothesis, designing and conducting a study to test the hypothesis, and drawing conclusions. It is an established scholarly approach to research questions through empirical evidence and reasoning. Field research and experiments are methods used to gather primary data, while secondary data analysis uses data previously collected by others.

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The scientific method involves asking a question, researching existing sources to form a hypothesis, designing and conducting a study to test the hypothesis, and drawing conclusions. It is an established scholarly approach to research questions through empirical evidence and reasoning. Field research and experiments are methods used to gather primary data, while secondary data analysis uses data previously collected by others.

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The first step of the scientific method is

ask a question to ask a question, describe a problem,


and identify the specific area of interest

in-depth analysis of a single


case study event, situation, or individual
a set of guidelines that the American Sociological

code of ethics
Association has established to foster ethical research
and professionally responsible scholarship in
sociology

applying a systematic approach to record and


content analysis value information gleaned from secondary data
as it relates to the study at hand

when a change in one variable


correlation coincides with a change in another
variable, but does not necessarily
indicate causation

generalizations tested by
deductive reasoning
observing

a variable changed by
dependent variables
other variables
evidence that comes from direct
empirical evidence experience, scientifically gathered data,
or experimentation

observing a complete social


ethnography setting and all that it entails

the testing of a hypothesis


experiment under controlled conditions
gathering data from a natural
field research environment without doing a lab
experiment or a survey

scientific method, what comes


formulate a hypothesis after researching existing sources?

when study subjects behave in a certain


Hawthorne effect manner due to their awareness of being
observed by a researcher

a testable educated guess about


hypothesis predicted outcomes between two or
more variables

what are things people don't


inconvenient facts want to believe? (max weber)

variables that cause changes


independent variables in dependent variables

observations to make
inductive reasoning
generalizations
a sociological research approach that seeks in-

interpretive framework
depth understanding of a topic or subject through
observation or interaction; this approach is not based
on hypothesis testing

a one-on-one conversation between


interview the researcher and the subject

a scholarly research step that entails


literature review identifying and studying all existing studies
on a topic to create a basis for new research
a technique in which the results of
meta-analysis virtually all previous studies on a
specific subject are evaluated together

using secondary data, does not include


nonreactive research direct contact with subjects and will not
alter or influence people's behaviors

specific explanations of abstract


operational definitions concepts that a researcher plans to
study

when a researcher immerses herself in a


participant observation group or social setting in order to make
observations from an "insider" perspective

a defined group serving


population
as the subject of a study
data that are collected
primary data directly from firsthand
experience
comprise information that is subjective
qualitative data and often based on what is seen in a
natural setting

represent research collected in


quantitative data numerical form that can be counted

a study's participants being randomly


random sample selected to serve as a representation of
a larger population

a measure of a study's consistency that


reliability considers how likely results are to be
replicated if a study is reproduced
scientific method, what comes
research existing sources after asking a question?

small, manageable number of subjects


samples that represent the population

an established scholarly research method that

scientific method
involves asking a question, researching existing
sources, forming a hypothesis, designing and
conducting a study, and drawing conclusions

using data collected by others


secondary data analysis but applying new interpretations

collect data from subjects who respond to a


surveys series of questions about behaviors and
opinions, often in the form of a questionnaire

the degree to which a sociological


validity measure accurately reflects the topic of
study

a practice of remaining impartial,


value neutrality without bias or judgment during the
course of a study and in publishing
results

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