Chapter 1

Question 1

Idiographic Explanation

Answer 1

Specific to a single case
[historical account of firms/countries or biographical accounts of individuals]

Question 2

Nomothetic Explanations

Answer 2

Focus on regularities across sets or classes of subjects
[across people, firms, or countries w similar characteristics, the same stimulus yields the same results]

Question 3

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 3

Begins w observation of regularities, and seeks to identify underlying regularities and principles
[observation - pattern - tentative hypothesis - theory]

Question 4

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 4

Starts w assumptions or theories about underlying principles, derives predictions
[theory - hypothesis - observation - confirmation]

Question 5

Deterministic Theory

Answer 5

May assume that the actions of an individual or some other entity are entirely predictable from external characteristics

Question 6

Agency

Answer 6

Individuals are unpredictable and do not always act as expected/predicted

Question 7

Qualitative Data

Answer 7

Data representing information and concepts that are not represented by numbers

Question 8

Quantitative Data

Answer 8

Data that can be counted or measured in numerical values

Question 9

Where do Practitioners often go wrong

Answer 9

Inaccurate Observation
Over-generalization
Selective Observation
Faulty Reasoning

Question 10

Meta Analysis

Answer 10

Uses statistical methods to combine the results of similar
studies quantitatively in order to allow general conclusions to
be made

Question 11

Systematic Review

Answer 11

Focuses on a specific question or issue and uses specific
pre-planned methods to identify, select, assess, and
summarize the findings of multiple research studies