Match the following concepts with the definitions below them ____ a. participant observation ____ b. experiment ____ c. verifiability ____ d. subjective approach ____ e. experimental group ____ f....

Match the following concepts with the definitions below them

____ a. participant observation

____ b. experiment

____ c. verifiability

____ d. subjective approach

____ e. experimental group

____ f. independent variable

____ g. objectivity

____ h. correlation

____ i. population

____ j. sample

____ k. field research

____ l. case study

____ m. survey

____ n. replication

1. the group in an experiment exposed to the experimental

variable

2. a statistical measure in which a change in one variable is

associated with a change in another variable

3. a research approach for studying aspects of social life that

cannot be measured quantitatively and that are best understood within a natural setting

4. a thorough, recorded investigation of a small group, an

incident, or a community

5. all those people with the characteristics a researcher wants

to study within the context of a particular research question

6. the principle of science stating that scientists are expected to prevent their personal biases from influencing

their results and their interpretation of the results

7. a variable that causes something to happen

8. the type of field research technique in which a researcher

becomes a member of the group being studied

9. a principle of science by which any given piece of research can be duplicated (replicated) by other scientists

10. a research method in which people are asked to answer a

series of questions

11. the duplication of the same study to ascertain its accuracy

12. a limited number of cases drawn from a population

13. laboratory research that attempts to eliminate all possible

contaminating influences on the variables being studied

14. a research method in which the aim is to understand

some aspect of social reality through the study