CRJ303 Final Exam test updated version /25/26, Exams of Advanced
Education
descriptive research - ANSWERresearch in which phenomena are defined and
describes
surveys - ANSWERresearch method used to measure the prevalance of
behavior, attitudes, etc. done by asking group to fill out questionaire in
person, online, through mail, etc.
explanatory research - ANSWERresearch that seeks to identify cases/effect of
social phenomena
independent variable - ANSWERexpected to cause, lead to variation, or
change in the dependent variable
dependent variable - ANSWERexpected to change depending on variation in
the independent variable
evaluation research - ANSWERresearch about social programs or
interventions. are they working?
, sample - ANSWERsubset of population that must be used to make
generalization about larger population
population - ANSWERlarger set of cases or number of people that a
researcher is interested in
generalizability - ANSWERwhat information from a sample can be used to
learn about persons, places, or events
sampling error - ANSWERthe difference between a sample estimate (sample
statistic) and the population value it is estimating (population parameter)
probability sampling methods - ANSWERrely on random selection/chance
and allow us to know in advance how likely it is that any element of
population is selected for the sample
simple random sample - ANSWERevery sample element is selected only on
the basis of chance through a random process
which ones are probability sampling methods? - ANSWERsimple random
samples, systematic random samples, multistage cluster samples,
weighted/stratified samples
systematic random samples - ANSWERmethod of sampling in which sample
elements are selected from a list or from sequential files, with every kth
element being selected after the first element is selected randomly within
the first interval
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descriptive research - ANSWERresearch in which phenomena are defined and
describes
surveys - ANSWERresearch method used to measure the prevalance of
behavior, attitudes, etc. done by asking group to fill out questionaire in
person, online, through mail, etc.
explanatory research - ANSWERresearch that seeks to identify cases/effect of
social phenomena
independent variable - ANSWERexpected to cause, lead to variation, or
change in the dependent variable
dependent variable - ANSWERexpected to change depending on variation in
the independent variable
evaluation research - ANSWERresearch about social programs or
interventions. are they working?
, sample - ANSWERsubset of population that must be used to make
generalization about larger population
population - ANSWERlarger set of cases or number of people that a
researcher is interested in
generalizability - ANSWERwhat information from a sample can be used to
learn about persons, places, or events
sampling error - ANSWERthe difference between a sample estimate (sample
statistic) and the population value it is estimating (population parameter)
probability sampling methods - ANSWERrely on random selection/chance
and allow us to know in advance how likely it is that any element of
population is selected for the sample
simple random sample - ANSWERevery sample element is selected only on
the basis of chance through a random process
which ones are probability sampling methods? - ANSWERsimple random
samples, systematic random samples, multistage cluster samples,
weighted/stratified samples
systematic random samples - ANSWERmethod of sampling in which sample
elements are selected from a list or from sequential files, with every kth
element being selected after the first element is selected randomly within
the first interval
