Existing Statistics Research

question 28

Multiple Choice

Existing statistics research

• A)is the examination of numerical information from government documents or official reports.
• B)is most frequently used for descriptive research.
• C)is done by asking people questions using a written questionnaire.
• D)allows a researcher to discover features in the content of large amounts of material that might otherwise go unnoticed.
• E)may be time consuming if the researcher does not carefully consider the meaning of what he or she finds.

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Definitions:

Out-Group

A social group towards which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition.

"Robber's Cave" Experiment

A classic social psychology experiment by Muzafer Sherif that studied intergroup conflict and cooperation by observing boys at a summer camp divided into competing groups.

Subordinate Goals

Objectives or goals that require the cooperative efforts of two or more people or groups to achieve, which can help to reduce conflict.

Equal Status Contact

Contact between groups in which the groups have equal status with neither group having power over the other.