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22 Cards in this Set
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Empirical |
Knowledge from experience or observation |
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Methodology |
The science of finding out using methods |
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Replication |
Repeating a study to tests the findings of an earlier study |
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Exploratory research |
The exploration of specific problem |
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Descriptive research |
Observation then description of the observation |
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Explanatory research |
Explains the "why" aspect of problems |
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Applied research |
Wants to discover Specific facts and findings with policy implications |
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Conceptualization |
The definitions and meanings of concepts |
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Operationalization |
Concrete steps used to measure concepts |
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Attributes |
Characteristics or qualities used to describe |
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Variables |
Logical groupings of attributes example male and female are attributes and gender is the variable |
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Dependent variable |
The causation of something value depends on that of another. example the sentence of a prisoner depends on the defense attorney |
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Independent variable |
variation does not depend on that of another defense Attorney is independent |
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Idiographic |
the casual reasoning or explanation behind an issue |
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Nomothetic |
A partial explanation using only a few explanatory factors |
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Inductive reasoning |
A logical process starting from a set of particular observations to the discovery of a pattern from specific to general |
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Deductive reasoning |
Logical or theoretical expectation to observation that tests whether there is a pattern From general to specific |
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theory |
a systematic explanation for the observed facts |
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Intersubjective agreement (objectivity) |
No bias. same problem leads to same solution |
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Paradigm |
A fundamental perspective or model that organizes our view of the world |
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Hypothesis testing |
observations aimed at finding out |
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Grounded theory |
It is a general method that is a type of inductive theory based in field observation |
