Research methods

using systematic procedures for selecting individuals to study

using explicit criteria for establishing causality

requiring systematic measurement and sampling

using empirical evidence

makes logical sense to respondents

corresponds to an accepted dictionary definition

yields the same score when applied to the same phenomena

measures what the researcher intends to measure

using systematic procedures for selecting individuals to study

using explicit criteria for establishing causality

requiring systematic measurement and sampling

using empirical evidence

descriptive

exploratory

evaluation

explanatory

External validity

Internal validity

Sampling

Measurement validity

selective observation

generalizability

illogical reasoning

resistance to change

Validity

Illogical reasoning

Descriptive research

Generalizability

cross-population generalizability

measurement validity

sample generalizability

internal validity

using systematic procedures for selecting individuals to study

using explicit criteria for establishing causality

requiring systematic measurement and sampling

using empirical evidence

descriptive

exploratory

explanatory

evaluation

True

False

True

False

True

False

Overgeneralization

[ Choose ]Unjustifiably concluding that what is true for some cases is true for all casesReluctance to change ideas even in light of new informationPrematurely jumping to conclusions or arguing on the basis of invalid assumptionsNoting observations that coincide with preexisting preferences or beliefs

Selective observation

[ Choose ]Unjustifiably concluding that what is true for some cases is true for all casesReluctance to change ideas even in light of new informationPrematurely jumping to conclusions or arguing on the basis of invalid assumptionsNoting observations that coincide with preexisting preferences or beliefs

Illogical reasoning

[ Choose ]Unjustifiably concluding that what is true for some cases is true for all casesReluctance to change ideas even in light of new informationPrematurely jumping to conclusions or arguing on the basis of invalid assumptionsNoting observations that coincide with preexisting preferences or beliefs

Resistance to change

[ Choose ]Unjustifiably concluding that what is true for some cases is true for all casesReluctance to change ideas even in light of new informationPrematurely jumping to conclusions or arguing on the basis of invalid assumptionsNoting observations that coincide with preexisting preferences or beliefs

Descriptive

[ Choose ]The quality of neighborhoods, family, and peers affect whether youths become delinquents.How is loyalty developed among college basketball players?To determine the impact of the “It’s Our Neighborhoods Turn” (OBAZ) project–to see whether the “livability and safety of the neighborhood” could be improved by increasing social capital.The GSS indicates that a smaller number of people spent social time with their neighbors in 1998 than in 1975.

Evaluation

[ Choose ]The quality of neighborhoods, family, and peers affect whether youths become delinquents.How is loyalty developed among college basketball players?To determine the impact of the “It’s Our Neighborhoods Turn” (OBAZ) project–to see whether the “livability and safety of the neighborhood” could be improved by increasing social capital.The GSS indicates that a smaller number of people spent social time with their neighbors in 1998 than in 1975.

Explanatory

[ Choose ]The quality of neighborhoods, family, and peers affect whether youths become delinquents.How is loyalty developed among college basketball players?To determine the impact of the “It’s Our Neighborhoods Turn” (OBAZ) project–to see whether the “livability and safety of the neighborhood” could be improved by increasing social capital.The GSS indicates that a smaller number of people spent social time with their neighbors in 1998 than in 1975.

Exploratory

[ Choose ]The quality of neighborhoods, family, and peers affect whether youths become delinquents.How is loyalty developed among college basketball players?To determine the impact of the “It’s Our Neighborhoods Turn” (OBAZ) project–to see whether the “livability and safety of the neighborhood” could be improved by increasing social capital.The GSS indicates that a smaller number of people spent social time with their neighbors in 1998 than in 1975.