After reading Sparks chapter 2 you should be familiar with the following vocabulary as it applies to the topic at hand:

Content Analysis
Manifest & Latent Content
Descriptive Findings
Positive & Negative Correlations
Random Assignment
Independent Variables
Dependent Variables
Replication

And you should be able to answer these questions after reading chapter 2:

1. What are the 4 types of surveys?

2. What are the three things required to determine causality?