Reed
Chapter 1
How do we know what we know? Experience Tradition Authority
Errors in Inquiry Inaccurate Observation Overgeneralization Selective Observation Illogical Reasoning
A Variable Language Variables and Attributes Variables Vs. Attributes (attributes make up the variable) (EX. Education/ high school, college, vocational, post graduate)
Causality Specifications or relationships between variables.
Independent and Dependent Variables (dependent variable depends on the independent variable)
Idiographic and Nomothetic Explanations Idiographic : A list of all particular, singular reasons for a phenomenon or event, exhaustive, complete, detailed.
Nomothetic : The effort to identify a few causal
Induction and Deduction Deductive Pick a topic Look at prior research/what you already know Build the structure of your research Inductive Observe aspects of life around you What are some patterns that you see Field research
Research Wheel – pg. 53
Qualitative and Quantitative Data qualitative Data Richness of interpretation, dense in description, think in verbal identification Quantitative Data Taking a phenomenon and quantifying it or making it numeric “measurable” Allows one to aggregate, summarize, compare easily
Chapter 2
What is a paradigm? Objectivity and Subjectivity Traditional Model of Science
Figure 2-2, pg. 47 Terms used in Theory Construction Deductive and Inductive Theory Construction
Chapter 4
Three Purposes of Research Exploration – Used to examine a new interest or a subject that is relatively new Description – Studies aim to describe situation and events Explanation Explanatory studies address questions of why
Criteria for Nomothetic Causality A statistical correlation between the two variables The cause takes place before the effect No third variable can explain away the observed correlation
How do we know what we know? Experience Tradition Authority
Errors in Inquiry Inaccurate Observation Overgeneralization Selective Observation Illogical Reasoning
A Variable Language Variables and Attributes Variables Vs. Attributes (attributes make up the variable) (EX. Education/ high school, college, vocational, post graduate)
Causality Specifications or relationships between variables.
Independent and Dependent Variables (dependent variable depends on the independent variable)
Idiographic and Nomothetic Explanations Idiographic : A list of all particular, singular reasons for a phenomenon or event, exhaustive, complete, detailed.
Nomothetic : The effort to identify a few causal
Induction and Deduction Deductive Pick a topic Look at prior research/what you already know Build the structure of your research Inductive Observe aspects of life around you What are some patterns that you see Field research
Research Wheel – pg. 53
Qualitative and Quantitative Data qualitative Data Richness of interpretation, dense in description, think in verbal identification Quantitative Data Taking a phenomenon and quantifying it or making it numeric “measurable” Allows one to aggregate, summarize, compare easily
Chapter 2
What is a paradigm? Objectivity and Subjectivity Traditional Model of Science
Figure 2-2, pg. 47 Terms used in Theory Construction Deductive and Inductive Theory Construction
Chapter 4
Three Purposes of Research Exploration – Used to examine a new interest or a subject that is relatively new Description – Studies aim to describe situation and events Explanation Explanatory studies address questions of why
Criteria for Nomothetic Causality A statistical correlation between the two variables The cause takes place before the effect No third variable can explain away the observed correlation