Sociology Chapter 2 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
empirical evidence - CORRECT ANSWERS evidence that comes from direct experience,
scientifically gathered data, or experimentation
meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS a technique in which the results of virtually all
previous studies on a specific subject are evaluated together
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS a variable changed by other variables
independent variables - CORRECT ANSWERS variables that cause changes in dependent
variables
interpretive framework - CORRECT ANSWERS a sociological research approach that
seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this
approach is not based on hypothesis testing
literature review - CORRECT ANSWERS a scholarly research step that entails identifying
and studying all existing studies on a topic to create a basis for new research
operational definitions - CORRECT ANSWERS specific explanations of abstract concepts
that a researcher plans to study
reliability - CORRECT ANSWERS a measure of a study's consistency that considers how
likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWERS an established scholarly research method that
involves asking a question, researching existing sources, forming a hypothesis, designing and
conducting a study, and drawing conclusions
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
empirical evidence - CORRECT ANSWERS evidence that comes from direct experience,
scientifically gathered data, or experimentation
meta-analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS a technique in which the results of virtually all
previous studies on a specific subject are evaluated together
dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWERS a variable changed by other variables
independent variables - CORRECT ANSWERS variables that cause changes in dependent
variables
interpretive framework - CORRECT ANSWERS a sociological research approach that
seeks in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation or interaction; this
approach is not based on hypothesis testing
literature review - CORRECT ANSWERS a scholarly research step that entails identifying
and studying all existing studies on a topic to create a basis for new research
operational definitions - CORRECT ANSWERS specific explanations of abstract concepts
that a researcher plans to study
reliability - CORRECT ANSWERS a measure of a study's consistency that considers how
likely results are to be replicated if a study is reproduced
scientific method - CORRECT ANSWERS an established scholarly research method that
involves asking a question, researching existing sources, forming a hypothesis, designing and
conducting a study, and drawing conclusions
