Doing Sociology : Research Methods

Question

What is meant of the following terms/words :

(a) Case Study

(b) Close - Ended Questions

(c) Coding

(d) Rapport

(e) Reliability

(f) Community Study

(g) Concept

(h) Control Group

(i) Questionnaire

Answer

(a) Case Study : A research approach that involves a detailed and through analysis of a single case or unit is called case study.

(b) Close-Ended Questions : Questions followed by a list of possible answers to be selected by the respondents.

(c) Coding : Categorizing data is called coding.

(d) Rapport : A feeling of trust between researcher and subjects is called rapport.

(e) Reliability : It shows the consistency, objectivity and lack of ambiguity of a statistical test or a set of measurements.

(f) Community Study : Research that focuses on the detailed analysis of a single community an application of the case study approach is called community study.

(g) Concept : A word or set of words that expresses a general idea about the nature of events or thing, or the relations between them; it usually provides a category for classification.

(h) Control Group : In an experiment, the group from which the independent variable in withheld, called control group.

(i) Questionnaire : A printed list of questions to be answered by respondents by himself or herself.

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