1er parcial Flashcards
research
is looking for information, observing, analyzing, check
investigation
is making a detailed discovery, in search of knowledge or a solution to a problem
scientific investigations
it can be repeatedly proven, and undergoes a rigorous procedure
types of research
basic and applied
basic research
research done on a lab
applied research
is the type of research that searches for solution to practical problems
documentary research
studies concepts and theories, the sources are printed or electronic info. like a newspaper or book
field research
studies are done outside a lab, and its based on observation and interview
experimental research
it refutes or supports a hypothesis, it has a scientific approach
problem
something that hinders the needs human satisfaction
elements of knowledge
subject, object and the act of knowing
method
is the procedure to achieve something
methodology
study of methods
scientific method
based on reproducibility, uses the protocol of investigation
deductive method
goes from the general to the particular
inductive method
goes from the particular to the general
Analysis method
from the “whole” you study the parts
synthesis method
of the studying element and the relation between them
experimental method
uses observation to study a phenomenon is a controlled enviroment
comparative method
examines the similarities and differences
historical method
analyses the present from the past
Functionalist method
the set of the studied understood as a unit. Explains the bases of social balance, everything is one and one is everything.
structuralist
it conceives the totality as a set of social segments, or sub-divided and intertwined groups, which together form a total structure.
dialectic method
constant questioning of the truth
quantitative research
uses numbers and statistics, it test the hypothesis, and it has a large sample size
qualitative
uses word and meaning, formulates the hypothesis and has a smaller sample size
common knowledge
is known by everyone in the same community
religious knowledge
system that offers answer about the meaning of life
philosophical knowledge
transcend immediate perception, reflexes about the reality
scientific knowledge
body of laws and theories that explain a phenomenon using the scientific method
