SocSci and Research

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What is socsci?

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set of academic disciplines that study the behavior of humans as members of societies as well as the nature and dynamics of interactions and relationships between individuals, groups, and institutions that comprise society

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Major branches

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Socio, psych, pol sci, anthro, econ, philo, history, geography

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Standardized set of techniques for building scientific knowledge

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Scientific method

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Four key characteristics of scientific knowledge

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Logical, Confirmable, Repeatable, Scrutinizable

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Use of computational, statistical, and mathematical tools to derive results.

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Quanti

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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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Quali

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Group by group analytic treatment of individuals with a common statistical factor

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Cohort analysis

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Study of groups or cultures over a period of time

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Ethnography

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Involves the use of dependent and independent variables

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Experiments

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Difference between dependent and independent variables

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IV: cause, DV: effect(expected to change dahil sa IV)

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Activities/investigative studies taken in a natural setting

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Field studies

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Small roundtable discussions abt specific problems or topics

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Focus group discussions

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Using data from a sample to make estimates about the population

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