In our daily lives, we base reality of experience and __________.
Variables whose attributes have only the characteristics of exhaustiveness and mutual
exclusiveness are _______________ level measures.
A sample element is that unit about which information is collected and that provides the
basis of analysis.
The idea that exceptions can be used to prove rules is valid.
Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo’s prison simulation examined whether the prison
environment itself creates brutal, dehumanizing conditions unrelated to the kinds of
people who live and work in the institutions. The explanation is referred to as a(n)
____________________ hypothesis.
The main disadvantage of using secondary data concerns how variables were initially
operationalized and whether the secondary data provide _______________ measures of
the variables you want to analyze.
Many different options are available for gathering data in field research.
When we want to try to predict our own personal futures, we use casual and
_______________ reasoning.
In content analysis, the visible, surface content known as _______________.
Face-to-face interviews are best for complex questions and other specialized needs.
Selective observation is a danger of overgeneralization.
The primary goal of _______________ is homogeneity.
Surveys may be used for descriptive, explanatory, and applied research.
Instead of making one pre-test and one post-test measure, the _______________ makes
a longer series of observations before and after introducing an experimental treatment.
Cluster sampling is a very efficient tool, but the efficiency means a less accurate sample
because with each cluster, there is a chance for sampling error.
Data collected by other researchers may be used to address new research questions.
In probability theory, the _______________ indicates how closely the sample estimates
will be distributed around the population parameter.
When a sample closely reflects the population in terms of aggregate characteristics, the
sample is said to be _______________ of the population.