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1.04 Vocab Review

Complete each blank below with the correct term. It includes terms from Lesson 1.03 and
Lesson 1.04.

1.  convenience sample    is a portion of the population that voluntarily participates in a survey

without necessarily being asked.

2.    rate         is the percentage of the original sample that successfully completed a survey. 

3. The common working class, lower class, and poor members of society are called the
 proletariat    .

4. A   theoretical perspective          is a way of classifying theories based on the

characteristics of the theory.

5. A theory that claims that society is in a state of perpetual conflict and competition for limited
resources is called the   conflict    Theory.

6.  surveys    are research instruments designed to obtain information from individuals who
belong to a larger group, organization, or society.

7. The entire membership of a country, organization, group, or category of people to be surveyed is

its  population    .

8. A representation of the total population that you plan to use in a survey is a  sample    .

9. The wealthy elite (royalty, political, and corporate leaders) are called the  bourgesie    .

10.  authority     is the institutionalized legitimate form of  power    .

11.  femenist     Theory is an offshoot of conflict theory and is based on the assumption that
women should be equal to men.

12.  functionalism     claims that society is in a state of balance and kept that way through the
function of society's component parts.

13. The breakdowns and disruptions in society are  dysunctions    .

14.  manifest     functions are the apparent and intended functions of institutions in society.

15.  latent     functions are the less apparent, unintended, and often unrecognized functions in
social institutions and processes.
16. The  thomas     Theorem is often called the “definition of the situation.” It states that if people
perceive or define something as being real then it is real in its consequences.

17.  symbolc interactionism   is a theoretical perspective that claims that society is composed of
ever-present interactions among individuals who share symbols and their meanings.

18. The state of balance maintained by social processes that helps society adjust and compensate for
forces that might tilt it is called equilibrium    .

19.  positivism     is the study of social life with the use of the scientific method.

20.  objectivity     is the ability to study and observe without distortion or bias, especially personal
bias.

21.  quantitive research   generates statistics through the use of large-scale survey research, using
methods such as questionnaires or structured interviews.

22.  qualitative research           explores attitudes, behavior and experiences through such
methods as open-ended interviews or focus groups.

23. When a researcher is engaged in a type of research to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a
given group of individuals over an extended period of time, it is called  participant
observation          .

24. A  representative     sample is drawn from the population, the composition of which
resembles that of the population

25. generalizability     is when the results from the sample can be assumed to apply to the
population with confidence.

26.  validity     is when a study accurately measures what it claims it will measure.

27. A  random     sample is a portion of the population that is drawn in such a way that every
member of the population has an equal chance of being selected for the survey.

28.  demographic     information is about study subjects (like gender, age, income, race,
education level and other factors), and is used to get a profile on the subjects.

29.   program evaluations          is the systematic application of scientific methods to assess
the design, implementation, improvement or outcomes of a program.

30. Research methods that rely on a single case rather than a population or sample are called   case
studies         .