Evaluation research and other social research motivated by practical concerns is called ______.

Both explanatory and evaluation research studies are concerned with the causes and effects of social phenomena. The difference between them is that evaluation research focuses on the ______.

Claims presented so that they appear scientific even though they lack supporting evidence and plausibility are known as ______.

A characteristic that doesn’t change across cases is known as a/an ______.

The subset of the population of interest is called a(n) ______.

The everyday error that involves choosing to look at things that are in line with our own preferences or beliefs is called ______.

In a field experiment to observe altruistic behavior, an observer records the number of people who stopped to hold the door for a student on crutches. She reports that seven people volunteered to assist the young man, when in fact there were only five. She has made an error called ______.

Which of the following exists when a measure measures what we think it measures?

The belief that reality is socially constructed and that the goal of social scientists is to understand what meanings people give to that reality is called ______.

Which level of measurement has a value that signifies absolutely no amount of whatever variable it indicates?