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1) sociological perspective
2) society
3) positivism
4) bourgeoisie
5) social integration
6) basic sociology
7) applied sociology
8) theory
9) micro analysis
10) macro analysis
11) globalization
12) hypothesis
13) operational definition
14) survey
15) random sample
16) sample
17) median
18) mean
19) stratified random sample
20) fieldwork
21) rapport
23) control group
24) unobtrusive measures
A) Marx's term for capitalists, those who own the means of production
B) ways of observing people who do not know that they are being studied
C) the use of sociology to solve problems
D) people who share a culture and territory
E) a general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work
F) the group of subjects who are not exposed to the independent variable
G) an examination of large-scale patterns of society
H) the growing interconnections among nations due to the expansion of capitalism, trade, communications, and travel
I) the degree to which members of a group or society feel united by shared values and other social bonds
J) sociological research whose purpose is to make discoveries about life in human groups
K) the application of the scientific approach to the social world
L) in a series of scores, the score that falls halfway between the top and bottom scores
M) the collection of data by having people answer a series of questions
N) a sample from selected subgroups of the target population in which everyone in those subgroups has an equal chance of being included in the research
O) an examination of small-scale patterns of society
P) a feeling of trust that connects the researcher and the people being studied
Q) the precise way in which a researcher measures a variable
R) a study in which the researcher participates in a research setting while observing what is happening in that setting (also called participant observation)
S) the group of subjects who are exposed to the independent variable
T) understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context
U) a sample in which everyone in the target population has the same chance of being included in the study
V) in a series of scores, the arithmetic average reached by adding the scores and dividing the total by the number of scores
W) a statement regarding the ways in which variables are expected to be related to one another, often according to predictions from a theory
X) the individuals intended to represent the population to be studied

Answer 1

1) T; 2) D; 3) K; 4) A; 5) I; 6) J; 7) C; 8) E; 9) O; 10) G; 11) H; 12) W; 13) Q; 14) M; 15) U; 16) X; 17) L; 18) V; 19) N; 20) R; 21) P; 22) S; 23) F; 24) B