Research Terms Quiz

An interview is most closely defined as

• A meeting with a person to gain a deeper understanding of something

• A chance to argue with someone

• A way to gather large amounts of information from many people all at once.

Validity measures

• The sample size

• The independent variable

• The degree to which your research accomplishes what you intend

• The number of responses to a survey

Correlation is

• Part of the sociological method

• Always in partnership with causation

• The measure of a relationship between two things

• Something that has to be present in any research question

Check all that apply. Sample size is

• A few people

• The number of responses to your survey

• A pool of information you can draw from

Define bias.

A list of citations of scholarly resources related to a topic which includes notes or a brief summary on the contents of the resource and how it was helpful in understanding or supporting your stance is an _________ ___________(two words).

A(n) ​ (a)   collects one opinion, whereas a(n) ​ (b)   ​collects many.

• interview
• survey
• assessment
• drawing

A detailed exam of something to better understand it.

Stakeholders are

• Taxpayers

• People with steaks

• Groups who oppose an issue

• Groups of people interested in or impacted by an issue

Demographics are

• Not important to the results of the study

• Part of the scientific method

• Groups that people can be put into based on a common factor

• Groups that people can place themselves into whenever they want to