Research methods bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   A guess about a causal link.

   Item

   Hypothesis

2. Clue

   The variable doing the causing.

   Item

   Independent

3. Clue

   The variable being changed.

   Item

   Dependent

4. Clue

   Results repeat on a rerun.

   Item

   Reliability

5. Clue

   Measures what was intended.

   Item

   Validity

6. Clue

   Same questions to many people.

   Item

   Survey

7. Clue

   Primary data in the wild.

   Item

   Field work

8. Clue

   Immersed in a whole community.

   Item

   Ethnography

9. Clue

   Being watched changes behaviour.

   Item

   Hawthorne

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation