Chapter 2 Vocabulary

A method for researchers to collect data on people's opinions based on a series of questions.

A group of people with similar traits.

A small number of people that suppose to represent the general population.

A group of people that suppose to reflect the genereal population as a whole.

A series of questions given to the participant that are suppose to be answererd by them. 

A method where a trained researcher asks questions and records the answers they gathered.

Questions where a person must choose from a limited set of responses.

Questions where the person is free to answers in his or her way.(get it open book?)

using infromation someone has already gathered in your own research.

Research that takes place in a non scientific setting.

A careful study of a single group,events or a communtity.

A belief that events are predicted in way that one event leads to another.

A belief that an event happens because of others things that occur.

A characteristic that will change later on.

A variable that is desrcibed using numbers.

A variable that is defined in a category. 

A varibale that cause something to happen.

A variable that reflects the independent variable.

A variable that changes the pairing between the independent and the dependent variable.

A determine of the relationship between two different things.

A relationship between two things that was caused by a third factor.

A research model use by scientists alike to collect information in a step by step way.

A method of field research where the researcher partakes in the study.

A prediction of the relationships between the variables.