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13 Cards in this Set
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agreement reality
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Those things we “know” as part and parcel of the culture we share with those around us.
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attribute
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A characteristic of a person or a thing. See variable.
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deduction
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The logical model in which specific expectations of hypotheses are developed on the basis of general principles.
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dependent variable
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A variable assumed to depend on or be caused by another (called the independent variable).
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epistemology
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The science of knowing; systems of knowledge.
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idiographic
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An approach to explanation in which we seek to exhaust the idiosyncratic causes of a particular condition or event.
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independent variable
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A variable with values that are not problematical in an analysis but are taken as simply given: presumed to cause or determine a dependent variable.
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induction
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The logical model in which general principles are developed from specific observations.
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methodology
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The science of finding out; procedures for scientific investigation.
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nomothetic
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An approach to explanation in which we seek to identify a few causal factors that generally impact a class of conditions or events.
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replication
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Repeating an experiment to expose or reduce error.
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theory
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A systematic explanation for the observations that relate to a particular aspect of life: juvenile delinquency, for example
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variable
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A logical set of attributes. The variable sex is made up of the attributes male and female.
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