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What is research ?
What is Social Research? |
Research: systematic investigations of an observable phenomenon; understand the process behind a phenomenon so you can predict what should happen in the future.
Social Research: systematic observations of social life for the purpose of understanding patterns of interaction; observing how human beings interact and behave in certain ways |
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4 ways we learn are from?
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Experience
Experts Tradition Intuition (gut feeling) |
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Potential Problems with everyday knowledge: Accuracy
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Lack of accuracy due to unreliable sources
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Potential Problems with everyday knowledge: Overgeneralization
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assuming or stereotyping; in research you dont have room to assume, you need facts
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Potential Problems with everyday knowledge: Selectivity
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own beliefs about things we like and dont like; we tend to look for information to support our beliefs. Bias
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Scientific thinking
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conduct to predict future behavior that is accurate and not facts that are selected to back our own beliefs.
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Characteristics of Scientific Thinking: Replicable
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provide enough info so that someone could conduct the exact same study
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Characteristics of Scientific Thinking: Reflexive and Self Critical
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article on the same topics that are controversial
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Characteristics of Scientific Thinking: Cumulative and self-correcting
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starts small and the other scholars build on the study and it becomes large
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Characteristics of Scientific Thinking: Cyclical
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always go back to the basics to make sure your explanations make sense
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