Exam 4: A: Research,methodology,and Ethics

Quantitative studies are more scientifically rigorous than qualitative studies.

The kinds of research questions you will ask should depend on which data collection methods you feel the most comfortable using.

Spurious correlation is a relationship in which one variable causes a change in another variable.

Qualitative research involves converting aspects of social life into numbers and determining whether a significant relationship exists.

Validity refers to the consistency of a given result.

Secondary analysis occurs when researchers code and analyze transcripts of interviews they have conducted with research participants.

Participant observation is a qualitative method that uses processes of deduction rather than induction.

Social researchers using inductive logic move fluidly between theory and data.

Researchers conducting fieldwork must deceive participants about the true nature or topic of their study.

Deception in social research is never justified.

In qualitative studies,the researchers themselves are,in effect,the research instruments.

Deductive logic occurs when a researcher attempts to develop a theory or a set of theories to explain or predict a pattern.

Because Juanne consistently gets the same results in her measurement for gender equality,we can say that her research is valid.

A "double standard" occurs when a person employs different means to evaluate or measure the same actions,qualities,or circumstances.

Zimbardo's prison study was conducted over a two-week period.