Intro/Research Sociology Terms Quiz

Match the following

• operational definitions

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  data collected in numerical form that can be counted and analyzed using statistics

• quantitative data

• a testable educated guess about predicted outcomes between two or more variables

• hypothesis

• specific explanations of abstract concepts that a researcher plans to study

• qualitative data

• non-numerical, descriptive data that is often subjective and based on what is experienced in a natural setting

a measure of a study’s consistency that considers how likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced.

• Reliability

• Validity

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

the degree to which a sociological measure accurately reflects the topic of study

• Validity

• Reliability

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

a group's shared practices, values, and beliefs

• Culture

• constructivism

• significant others

• social facts

the systematic study of society and social interaction

• sociology

• psychology

• functionalism

• positivism