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Logical
fallacy
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Purpose of a study
Exploration
Description
Explanation
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Middle-range theory
Focuses on specific aspects of social life and can be tested via hypothesis
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Positivist
Social science
is seen as the same as
natural science research
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Agency
One's ability to make their own choices
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Deductive
approach
From
abstract
theory to
concrete
evidence
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Idiographic
Focuses on descriptions and specific details about settings
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Harm to participants
Legal
Physical
Psychological
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Ordinary explanation
Clarifying
or
describing
something to illustrate it
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Ontology
How we understand the nature of reality
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Conditions of causality
Temporal order
Association
Elimination
of
alternatives
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The literature review includes key
findings
,
methods
,
hypothesis
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Scales
Usually ordinal, common to measure opinion, used in surveys,
Likert
scale most common
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Interpret approach
Human life is different than natural science
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Empirical generalization
A statement that
summarizes
findings based on
evidence
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Inductive
approach
From
detailed observations
to
abstract ideas
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Types of research
Cross-sectional research - a single point in time or snapshot approach
Longitudinal
research - examines people or units at multiple points in time
Time series
studies - different people studied at different times
Cohort
studies - same people studied at different periods who share a common experience
Case studies
- a small number of cases over time
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Epistemology
How we know what we know
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Steps in the research study
1.
Pick a topic
2.
Focus question
3.
Design a study
4.
Collect data
5. Analyze data
6.
Interpret data
7.
Inform others
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Conflict theory
Society is made up of groups with opposing views
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Structure
Factors that may
limit
someone's ability to
make choices
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Temporal order
- the cause must happen before the effect
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Causal explanation
Explaining why things occur
in
terms of cause and effect
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Meta-analysis
- a
quantitative
review of already existing evidence
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Index
Ranks
several different
dimensions
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Levels of measurement
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
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