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Sociology Research Methods

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Social Imagination (C. Wright Mills)
the ability to connect the most basic, intimate aspects of an individual's life to seemingly impersonal and remote historical forces
value-free sociology
an ideal whereby researchers identify facts without allowing their own personal beliefs or biases to interfere
Theory
a set of statements that explains why the phenomenon occurs
Sample
A group of people that represent a larger population
Experiment
the use of control and experimental groups and dependent and independent variables to test causation
Dependent Variables
Variables in which a change has occurred
Survey
research method in which people respond to questions
Secondary Analysis
Use of existing information as a method of collecting data
Causation
the idea that events occur in predictable way, with one event leading to another
Case Study
intensive study of a single group, incident, or community
Scientific Method
the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypothesis
Quantitative variable
A variable that can be measured numerically
Independent Variable
Variables that cause something to occur.
Participant Observation
A case study where the researcher becomes a member of the group
Qualitative Variable
a characteristic that is defined by its presence or absence in a category
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