Ch.2 Flashcards
Empirical knowledge
Scientific knowledge
development and testing of theories the radical models
Ontology
What can be said to exist into what categories can we store existing things
Epistemology
What is knowledge? How is knowledge acquired? how do we know what we know
Post positivism
Is A philosophical orientation that suggests that the material world exists that things can be sensed for example seen touch heard tasted
Constructivism
Is a philosophical orientation that’s just reality in the way in which we understand our world are largely dependent on her perception
Qualitative research
Is a systematic interactive and subjective research method used to describe and give meaning to life experiences
Quantitative research
Is to systematically describe the phenomenon of research would choose to conduct a quantitative research study at the question to be answered cancer in testing for the presence of a specific relationships. Objective studies
Theory
A theory is a set of interrelated concepts that provides a systematic view of the phenomenon
Inductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning is a process of starting with the details of experience and moving to a general picture
Deductive reasoning
Is a process of starting with the general picture in this case the theory of attentively embracing story and moving to a specific direction for practice and research
Model
Is the symbolic representation of a set of concepts that is created to depict relationships
Variables
Are the elements that can be observed through the senses
Conceptual definition
Is much like a dictionary definition of being the general meaning of the concept
Operational definition
Specifies how the concert will be measured
Hypothesis
Is a tentative statement of relationship between two or more variables that can be empirically tested
