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Epistemology |
The Science of knowing systems of knowledge |
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Methodology |
The science of finding out; procedures for scientific investigation |
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Agreement reality |
Those things we "know as part and parcel of the culture we share with those around us. |
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Theory |
A systematic explanation for the observations that relate to a particular aspect of life. |
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Variables |
Logical sets of attributes. |
The ____ sex is made up of the attributes male and female |
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Attributes |
Characteristics of people or things |
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Independent Variable |
A variable with values that are not problematic in an analysis but are taken as simply given. |
___ ___ is presumed to cause or determine a dependent variable |
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Dependent Variable |
A variable assumed to depend on or be cause by another |
If you find that income is partly a function of amount of formal education, income is being treated as a ____ ____ |
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Idiographic |
An approach to explanation in which we seek to exhaust the causes of a particular condition or event. |
List of all the reasons why you chose to attend your particular college |
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Nomothetic |
An approach to explanation in which we seek to identify a few causal factors that generally impact a class of conditions or events. |
2 or 3 key factors that determine wich colleges students choose --proximity, reputation, and so forth. |
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Induction |
The logical model in which general principles are developed from specific observations. |
Having noted the Jews and Catholics are more likely to vote Democratic than Protestants are, you might conclude that religious minorities in the U.S. are more affiliated with the Democratic party and then your task is to explain why. |
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Deduction |
The logical model in which specific expectations of hypotheses are developed on the basis of general principles. |
Starting from the general principle that all deans are meanies, you might anticipate that this one won't let you change courses. |
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Positivism |
Philosophical system grounded on the rational proof/disproof of scientific assertions; assumes a knowable, objective reality. |
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Conflict paradigm |
A paradigm that views human behavior as attempts to dominate other or avoid being dominated by others |
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Structural funcionalism |
A paradigm that divides a social phenomena into parts, each of which serves a function for the operation of the whole. |
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Informed consent |
A norm in which subjects base their voluntary participation in research projects on a full understanding of the possible risks involved |
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Anonymity |
Achieved in a research project when neither the researchers nor the readers of the findings can identify a given response with a given respondent |
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Confidentiality |
When the researcher can identify a given person's responses but promises not to do so publicly. |
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Unit of analysis |
The what or who being studied. |
Study of individual people |
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Ecological fallacy |
Erroneously drawing conclusions about individuals solely from the observation of groups. |
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Reductionism |
A fault of some researchers: a strict limitation of the kinds of concepts to be considered relevant to the phenomenon under study. |
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Cross-sectional study |
A study based on observations representing a single point in time |
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Longitudinal study |
A study design involving the collection of data at different points in time. |
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Trend study |
A type of longitudinal study in which a given characteristic of some population is monitored over time. |
A series of Gallup Polls showing the electorate's preferences for political candidates over the course of a campaign, even though different samples were interviewed at each point. |
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Cohort study |
A study in which some specific subpopulation is studied over time, although data may be collected from different members in each set of observations. |
A study of the occupational history of the class of 2000 in which questionnaires were sent every 5 years. |
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Panel study |
A type of longitudinal study in which data are collected from the same set of people at several points in time. |
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