Research Methods Key Terms

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O P P O R T U N I T Y S A M P L I N G E B
K H C O M P A R A T I V E M E T H O D Q R
W R W Y R W D R S P E P H K C R F D H P O
C V S N O W B A L L S A M P L I N G W U P
O F F I C I A L S T A T I S I T C S W W O
N O V J S S U U U U Q Q M W D B C S P X A
T V P S N T P Q S K J L L B E G B I G P U
E S T R U C T U R E D I N T E R V I E W O
N B D B B P R P S B W D H N P L R V M I F
T N U K O H B E E L Y D G L L M U U T O M
A E P L E J V X D U P Q X H Q B A D I G V
N E N E V B H L E D T G D I M Y I S P S U
A W S Y S T E M A T I C S A M P L I N G O
L Y K C M C O G J R Q W T O C M Y J E N D
Y O O H F Q C H E D Y K T H P L O I J P Q
S G J T F S M C U S D D T B R G E H O I I
I G Q U A N T I T A T I V E D A T A E T L
S X D E P E N D E N T V A R I A B L E P G
I N D E P E N D E N T V A R I A B L E T G
W E N T S W M F T Y F I I A K X B B Y X J
N S Y T T M L R C Y J V X K S W H I Y L I

Clues

  • A non-represenative sampling technique where they ask one person to recommend people that may be applicable for the study (8, 8)
  • A non-representative sampling technique where the researcher will choose individuals through the ease of access (11, 8)
  • A representative sampling technique where every nth person in a sample frame is selected (10, 8)
  • Data in a numerical form that can show patterns in society (12, 4)
  • The thing that the researcher measures to see the effect of the independent variable (9, 8)
  • The thing you can change and manipulate to see how it effects your dependent variable (11, 8)
  • This is quantitative data that has been collected by the goverment or other official bodies (8, 10)
  • This is the analysis of doocuments produced by the mass media (7, 8)
  • This is where the interview is conducted in the same way, with the same questions each time (10, 9)
  • This method doesn't actually include any people and is a thought experiment carried out by the sociologist (11, 6)

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