7400.685-080 - Research Methods in FCS
School of Family and Consumer Sciences
http://www3.uakron.edu/witt/rmfcs/rmfcs.htm
Spring Semesters - Tuesday Evenings 5:20-7:55pm in 209 Schrank Hall South
Instructor: David D. Witt, Ph.D.
Key Terms for Chapters 1 and 2
For this homework assignment, define each of the terms in the tables below.  All these terms come from the textbook chapters

                       Chapter 1 - Foundations
   alternative hypothesis
    anonymity
    attribute
    causal
    causal relationship
    cause construct
    confidentiality
    correlational relationship
    cross-sectional
    deductive
    dependent variable
    ecological fallacy
    effect construct
    empirical
    exception fallacy
    exhaustive
    hierarchical modeling
    hypothesis
    hypothetical-deductive model
    independent variable
    inductive
    informed consent
    Institutional Review Board (IRB)
    inverse relationship (negative relationship)
    longitudinal
    mutually exclusive
    negative relationship
    null case (null hypothesis)
    one-tailed hypothesis
    operationalization
    positive relationship
    probabilistic
    qualitative data
    quantitative data
    relationship
    repeated measures
    research question
    theoretical
    third variable problem
    threats to validity
    time series
    two-tailed hypothesis
    unit of analysis
    validity
    variable
    voluntary participation
  

                         Chapter 2 - Sampling
    area random sampling
    cluster random sampling (area random sample)
    expert sampling
    external validity
    gradient of similarity
    heterogeneity sampling
    modal instance sample
    multi-stage sampling
    nonprobability sampling
    nonproportional quota sampling
    population
    population parameter
    probability sampling
    proportional quota sampling
    Proximal Similarity Model
   quota sampling
    random selection
    response
    sample
    sampling distribution
    sampling error
    sampling frame
    sampling model
    simple random sampling
    snowball sampling
    standard deviation
    standard error
    statistic
    stratified random sampling
    systematic random sampling