SOCIAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

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study the behavior of humans as members of societies

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Social Science

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study the nature and dynamic of interactions and relationships between individuals, group, and institutions that comprise society

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Social Science

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Study human societies, their contextual bound, and the interactions and processes that preserve and change them

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Sociology

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Scientific discipline that studies mental states, biological processes and behavior

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Psychology

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Systemic study of governance which examines the state, its organs and institutions

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Political Science

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Studies human beings in aspects ranging from biology and evolutionary history of our species, to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species

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Anthropology

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Seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumptions of wealth and resources

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Economics

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The rational, abstract and methodical consideration of reality as a whole or of fundamental dimensions of human existence and experience

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Philosophy

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Studies the chronological record of events, as affecting a nation or people, based on a critical examination of source material and usually presenting an explanation of their causes

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History

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The study of diverse environments, places, and spaces of Earth’s surface and their interactions

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Geography

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A standardized set of techniques for building scientific knowledge

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Scientific Method

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Make valid observations, interpret results, generalizing the results

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Scientific Method

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Four key characteristics of Sci Method

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Logical
Confirmable
Repeatable
Scrutiniziable

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Scientific interferences must be based on logical principles of reasoning

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Logical

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Interferences derived must match either observed evidence

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Confirmable

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Other scientist should be able to independently replicated or repeat a scientific study and obtain similar, if not identical, results

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Repeatable

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The procedures used, and the interference derived, must withstand critical scrutiny (peer review) by other researchers

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Scrutiniziable

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Conducted in new areas of inquiry

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Exploratory

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Goals of exploratory research

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1. Scope out the magnitude or extent of a particular phenomenon, problem, or behavior
2. Generate some initial ideas about that phenomenon
3. Test the feasibility of undertaking a more extensive study regarding that phenomenon

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Directed at making careful observations and detailed documentation of a phenomenon of interest

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Descriptive

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Seeks the explanations of observed phenomena, problems or behaviors

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Explanatory

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Involves the use of computational, statistical, and mathematical tools to derive results

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Quantitative

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Dependent on the collection of behavioral, observational, or verbal data that can be interpreted in a subjective manner

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Qualitative

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Involves primary sources held from archives, a special collections library or other repository

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Archival Research

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can be manuscripts, documents, records, objects, sound, and audiovisual materials, or other materials

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Archival Sources

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Examines a person, place, event, phenomenon in order to extrapolate key themes and results that help predict future trends, illuminate previously hidden issues that can be applied to practice, and provide a means for understanding an important research problem with greater clarity

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Case Study

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Group by group analytic treatment of individuals having a statistical factor in common to each group

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Cohort Analysis

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Group members share particular characteristic or experience

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Cohort Analysis

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Method to study groups or culture over a period of time.

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Ethnography

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The goal is to comprehend the particular group or culture through immersion into the culture or group

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Ethnography

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Implores the use of dependent and independent variable

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Experiment

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Presumed cause

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Independent Variable

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Stable and unaffected by other variables. It refers to the condition of the experiment that is systemically manipulated by the researcher.

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Independent Variable

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Presumed effect

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Dependent Variable

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Variable that depends on other factors that are measured. Expected to change as result of an experimental manipulation of the independent variable.

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Dependent Variable

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Academic or other investigative studies undertaken in natural setting, rather than in laboratories, classrooms, or other structured environments

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Field Studies

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small, round table discussion groups charged with examining specific topics or problems, including possible options or solutions.

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Focus Group Discussion

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Consists of participants, guided by moderators to keep the discussion flowing and to collect and report the results

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Focus Group Discussion

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Coordinated the process of the conversation and asks questions

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Interviewer

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Respond to the questions

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Interviewee

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can be unstructured, semi structured, structured

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Interview

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Researcher becomes involved intensively with the people in their environment which helps them gain a close and intimate familiarity with a group of individuals and their practices

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Participant Observation

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Technically termed as "statistical interference"

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Survey

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process of using data from a sample to make estimates or test hypotheses about a population

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Survey