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SOC 20 - CHAPTER 1What are the two types of social research? - CORRECT ANSWER-Basic/Pure
research AND Applied research
What is the basic/pure research? - CORRECT ANSWER-- research that is driven by
the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake (finding truths)
- target audience: academics
- goal: to advance general knowledge
What is applied research? - CORRECT ANSWER-- research that has practical
application and can offer a solution
- target audience: practitioners, teachers, social workers, counselors, politicians,
policy-makers
goal: offering solutions
What is quantitative research? - CORRECT ANSWER-numerical data, observations,
information
- experiments, surveys, content analysis, etc.
What is qualitative research? - CORRECT ANSWER-data, information or
observations in the form of words, pictures, sounds, visual images, or objects;
story-like data
- field methods, historical comparative, interviews, etc.
What is a mixed methods approach? - CORRECT ANSWER-combines quantitative
and qualitative elements to make the insights richer compared to only using one
approach
What is triangulation? - CORRECT ANSWER-the use of multiple methods to study a
single research question; using several different methodological perspectives to
study one topic
What are the three research goals (goals of research)? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Descriptive, Exploratory, and Explanatory
What is descriptive research? - CORRECT ANSWER-documents or describes
trends, variations, and patterns of social phenomenon
- uses both quantitative and qualitative
- what?
What is exploratory research? - CORRECT ANSWER-documents precisely how
particular processes and dynamics unfold
- how?
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