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primary purpose is "paint picture" using words and numbers and to present a profile, a classification of types or an outline of steps to answer questions such as who, when where and how.
What is descriptive research?
100
an approcah to developing or confirming a theory that begins with concrete empirical evidence and works toward more abstract concepts and theoretical relationships.
What is inductive direction?
100
the idea that simple is better. everything else being equal, a social theory that explains more with less complexity is better. KEEP IT SIMPLE SILLY-
What is PARSIMONY?
100
social theory focusing on the micro level of social life that occurs over short durations... face to face.
What is micro-level theory?
100
it tests a theory;s prediction or principle. elaborate and enrich theories of exclamation extend a theory to new issues or topics.
What is the purpose of exploratory research?
200
primary purpose is to examine a little understood issue or phenomenon and to develop preliminary idea about is an move toward refined research questions.
What is exploratory research?
200
A way to evaluate in critical social science by putting theoretical explantation into real life practice and the subsequent outcome is used to refine explanation.
What is Praxis?
200
Theoretical classification or quasi-theory that is created by cross classifying or combing two or more simple concepts to form a set of interrelated subtypes.
What is typology?
200
social theory that focuses on the marco-level if social life. and processes that occur over long durations. (social institutions, world regime) many years, many decades.
What is Macro-level theory?
200
treats knowledge as a form of power. Primary goal is to facilitate social chance or bring about a value oriented political social goal.
What is Action research?
300
type of theoretical explanation about why events occur and how things work expressed in terms of causes and effects or as one factor producing certain effects.
What is casual explanation?
300
A PSS principle that social research should be conducted in an objective manner based on empirical evidence alone and without interference from more political values.
What is values reef science?
300
one of three major approaches to social research that emphasizes discovering causal laws careful empirical observations and value free research?
What is positivists social science? PSS
300
An area of philosophy concerned with the creation of knowledge, focuses on how we know what we know, or what are the most valid ways to reach truth.
What is epistemology?
300
is know for: research being involved focuses on interactive process and events constructs social reality and cultural meaning.
What is qualitative research?
400
test a theory's prediction or principle elaborate and enrich a theory's explanation support or refute an explanation or prediction. Primary purpose is to explain why events occur and to build, elaborate, extend or test theory.
What is explanatory research?
400
research methods where people are not aware that they are being studied
What is nonreactive research?
400
Quantitive research in which the researcher systematically asks a large number of people the same question and then records their answers.
What is Survey research?
400
a principle unde in interpretive social science that no single point of fire or value position is better that others, and all are equally valid for this who hold them.
What is relativism?
400
is know for measure of facts, focuses on variable reliability key factor
What is quantitative research?
500
Any research that examines information from many units or cases across more than one point in time.
What is cross sectional research?
500
an approach to developing pr confirming a theory that begins with abstract concepts and theoretical relationships and works toward more concrete empirical evidence
What is deductive direction?
500
a German word that meant empathetic understating an that is primary goal for social research according to interpretative social science.
What is Verstechen?
500
on of three major approaches to social research emphasizes combating surface level distortions, multiple level of reality and value based activism for human empowerment.
what is critical social science?
500
one of three approaches to social research, emphasizes meaningful social action, socially constructed meaning and value relativism.
What is interpretative social science?
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