| 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