Exam 5: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Design

The variable that is the effect or is the result or outcome of another variable is the __________________.

A third type of variable,the ________________,appears in more complex causal relations.It comes between the independent and dependent variables and shows the link or mechanism between them.

_____________,in the form of impressions,words,sentences,photos,symbols,and so forth,dictate different research strategies and data-collection techniques than do hard data,in the form of numbers.

A ____________ is an interpretation where the researcher links the second order interpretation to general theories and larger social/cultural/historical contexts.

Designing a research study that examines its objects of study from several different angles is termed _________________.

Similar to storytelling,the quantitative researcher stitches,edits,and puts slices of reality together in order to create a new,more comprehendible representation of that reality.

In crime and justice research,opposing theories help people figure out which third factors are relevant for many topics.

What are the best ways to select topic for research?

Triangulation of method means mixing qualitative and quantitative styles of research and data.

A ____________ is a form of circular reasoning in which someone appears to say something new but is really talking in circles and making a statement that is true by definition.