Exam 5: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Design

Qualitative researchers look at the sequence of events and pay attention to what happens first,second,third,and so on.

A ____________ is an interpretation that involves the researcher's point of view,eliciting an underlying coherence or sense of meaning in the data.

______________ means working with one's hands and being pragmatic at using an assortment of odds and ends in an inventive manner to accomplish a specific task.

Qualitative researchers remain open to the unexpected,are willing to change the direction or theoretical focus of a research project,and may abandon their original research question in the middle of a project.

Explain the four types of triangulation.

A ____________ is An error in explanation in which the causal relationship is empirically untestable because the causal factor does not come earlier in time than the result,or because the causal factor is a vague,general force that cannot be empirically measured.

Experimental hypothesis thinking rests on the assumption that researchers try to discover a relationship,so hypothesis testing should be designed to make finding a relationship more demanding.

The values or the categories of a variable are its ________________(e.g. ,male/female,murder/assault).It is easy to confuse variables with attributes.

Qualitative researchers use the principle of replication,adhere to standardized methodological procedures,measure with numbers,and then analyze the data with statistics

____________ is an error in explanation in which empirical data about associations found among small-scale units of analysis are greatly overgeneralized and treated as evidence for statements about relationships among much larger units.

The ____________ arises from a mismatch of units of analysis. It refers to a poor fit between the units for which a researcher has empirical evidence and the units for which he or she wants to make statements.

A ___________________ is an apparent causal relationship that is illusionary due to the effect of an unseen or initially hidden causal factor.If the unseen factor has a causal impact on both an independent and dependent variable,it produces the false impression that there is a relationship between them.

_____________ means to explain the meaning of something.

We can think of hypotheses as guesses about how the social world works;they are stated in a value-neutral form.

If two variables are associated they are causally related.

A ______________,simply defined,is a concept that varies.

A ____________ is an interpretations from the point of view of the people being studied.

A researcher who has data on how individuals behave but makes statements about the dynamics of macrolevel units is committing the error of reductionism.

The cause variable,or the one that identifies forces or conditions that act on something else,is the __________________.

What are the differences between quantitative and qualitative research?