| Question | Answer | 
|---|---|
| in-depth analysis of a single event, situation, or individual | case study | 
| when a change in one variable coincides with a change in another variable, but does not necessarily indicate causation | correlation | 
| participating and observing thinking and behavior in a social setting | ethnography | 
| gathering data from a natural environment without doing a lab experiment or a survey | field research | 
| when a researcher immerses herself in a group or social setting in order to make observations from an “insider” perspective | participant observation | 
| data that are collected directly from firsthand experience | primary data | 
The content of this course has been taken from the free Sociology textbook by Openstax
