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critical realism
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A paradigm that holds that things are real insofar as they produce effects.
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hypothesis
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A specified testable expectation about empirical reality that follows from a more general proposition; more generally, an expectation about the nature of things derived from a theory.
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interest convergence
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The thesis that majority group members will only support the interests of minorities when those actions also support the interests of the majority group.
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macrotheory
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A theory aimed at understanding the “big picture” of institutions, whole societies, and the interactions among societies.
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microtheory
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A theory aimed at understanding social life at the level of individuals and their interactions.
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null hypothesis
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In connection with hypothesis testing and tests of statistical significance, that hypothesis that suggests there is no relationship among the variables under study.
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operational definition
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The concrete and specific definition of something in terms of the operations by which observations are to be categorized.
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operationalization
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One step beyond conceptualization. Operationalization is the process of developing operational definitions, or specifying the exact operations involved in measuring a variable.
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paradigm
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A model or framework for observation and understanding, which shapes both what we see and how we understand it.
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