1. Theory & Research Methods Glossary
Action Theories Ethics Multi-Stage Sampling
Agency Ethnomethodology Non-Participant
Observation
Ambiguity Experimental Group
Non-Random-Sampling
Anecdotal Research Extraneous Variables
Objective
Anonymity Factual Survey
Observation
Artifical/ Laboratory Field/ Natural Experiment
Experiment Observation Schedule
Funding Agency
Attitudinal Survey Official Statistics
Gate-Keeper
Briefing Open-Ended Question
Generalisable
Career Trajectories Operationalise
Going Native
Case Study Opportunity Sampling
Group Interview
Census Overt
Harm
Closed Ended/ Pre- Panel Study
Coded Question Hawthorne Effect
Participant Observation
Cluster Sampling Hypothesis
Pilot Study
Confidentiality Hypothetico-deductive
Method Positivism
Consent
Imposition Problem Postal Questionnaire
Content Analysis
Incentive Primary Data
Control Group
Independent Variable Qualitative Data
Controlled Variables
Interpretivism Qualitative Secondary
Covert Data
Interview Schedule
Cross-Section Quantifiable
Leading Question
Debriefing Quantitative Data
Life History
Deceit Quantitative Secondary
Longitudinal Research Data
Demand Characteristics
Macro Questionnaire
Dependent Variable
Methodological Pluralism Quota sampling
Empirical Research
Micro Participant

2. Theory & Research Methods Glossary
Phenomenology Structured/ Formal
Research
Random-Sampling
Subject
Rapport Social Construction
Reliability Subject Variables
Representativeness Subjective
Researcher Survey
Characteristics
Survey/Target Population
Researcher Effects
Symbolic Interactionism
Respondent
Systematic Sampling
Response Rate
Theoretical Sampling
Sample
Triangulation
Sample Attrition
Ungeneralisable
Sample Size
Unrepresentative
Sampling Frame
Unstructured Interview
Secondary Data
Unstructured/ Informal
Self-Administered/Self Research
Completion
Questionnaire Validity
Semi-Structured Value-Committed
Interview
Value-Freedom
Semi-Structured
Research Value-Laden
Simple Random Values
Sampling
Variable
Snow-Ball Sampling
Volunteer Sampling
Standardisation
Stratified Sampling
Structural Theories
Structured Interview