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9 Cards in this Set
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Sociological Theory helps us...
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understand the social world ans search for general, reliable statements about social reality
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Goals of theory-driven scientific research
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-Inference
-Transparency -Uncertainty -Method |
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Inference
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The ability to make general causal or descriptive statements that are valid
CONCRETENESS GENERALIZABILITY |
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TRANSPARENCY
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the procedures of scientific inquiry must be:
-straight forward -open to replication FALSIFICATION |
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Uncertainty:
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scientists must be skeptical about THEIR OWN theories and findings
FALSIFICATION |
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Method:
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Science is the pursuit of knowledge that is guided by a specific method. It
advances to the extent that general rules guide the search for new, verifiable explanations and facts CONCRETENESS FALSIFICATION |
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Internal Validity
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Is it valid on its
own terms -- logical, consistent, without inherent contradictions, without unreasonable or false claims? |
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External Validity
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is the theory valid when it is actually applied outside of the abstract
claims of theory making? Is the theory consistent with the empirical evidence available? -does it generate TESTABLE PROPOSITIONS? |
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Testable Propositions
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hypotheses, abstract statements, predictions -- that can be tested by
reference to empirical, real-world facts? |
