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Flashcards by Caitlin Hall, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Caitlin Hall
almost 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Research question | A question about one or more topics or concepts that can be answered through research. |
| Unit of analysis | A unit about which information is collected. |
| Authorities | Socially defined sources of knowledge. |
| Personal inquiry | Inquiry that employs the senses' evidence. |
| Scientific method | A way of conducting empirical research following rules that specify objectivity, logic, and communication among a community of knowledge seekers and the connection between research and theory. |
| Positivist view of science | A view that human knowledge must be based on what can be perceived. |
| Post-positivist view of science | A view that knowledge is not based on irrefutable observable grounds, that is always somewhat speculative, but that science can provide relatively solid grounds for that speculation. |
| Objectivity | The ability to see the world as it really is. |
| Intersubjectivity | Agreements about the reality that result from comparing the observations of more than one observer. |
| Theory | An explanation about how or why something is at is. |
| Basic research | Research designed to add to our fundamental understanding and knowledge of the social world regardless of practical or immediate implications. |
| Applied research | Research intended to be useful in the immediate future and to suggest action or increase effectiveness in some area. |
| Exploratory Research | Groundbreaking research on a relatively unstudied topic or in a new area. |
| Qualitative data analysis | Analysis that results in the interpretation of action or representation of meanings in the researcher's own words. |
| Descriptive study | Research designed to groups, activities, situations, or events. |
| Quantitative data analysis | Analysis based on the statistical summary of data. |
| Explanatory research | Research designed to explain why subjects vary one way or another. |
| Evaluation research | Research designed to assess the impacts of programs, policies, or legal changes. |
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