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in-depth analysis of a single situation, or individual.

American Sociological Association has established guidelines to foster ethical research and professionally responsible scholarship in sociology.

code of ethics.

applying a systematic approach to record and value information gleaned from secondary data as it relates to the study at hand.

content analysis.

a change in one variable coincides with a change in another variable; does not necessarily indicate causation.

looking beyond the obvious to expose falseness by examining merit, logic, and evidence..

a variable changed by other variables.

dependent variables.

evidence that comes from direct observations, scientifically gathered data, or experimentation.

empirical evidence.

participating and observing thinking and behavior in a social setting.

the testing of a hypothesis under controlled conditions.

gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experiment or a survey.

field research.

when study subjects behave in a certain manner due to their awareness of being observed by a researcher.

Hawthorne (interaction) effect

a testable educated guess about predicted outcomes between two+ variables.

variables that cause changes in dependent variables.

independent variables.

in-depth understanding of a topic or subject through observation; this approach is not based on hypothesis testing.

interpretive framework.