SW 374 - Research

Question 1

epistemology

Answer 1

the science of knowing

Question 2

methodology

Answer 2

the science of finding out

Question 3

5 ways of knowing

Answer 3

authority
tradition
experience (Rojas says media)
beliefs and intuition
the Scientific Method

Question 4

deductive

Answer 4

quantitative
positivistic
top to bottom
general to specific

Question 5

inductive

Answer 5

qualitative
naturalistic
bottom up
specific to general

Question 6

positivistic way of thinking (5)

Answer 6

quantitative

measurability, objectivity, reducing uncertainty, duplication, standardized procedures

Question 7

bivariate relationship

Answer 7

the relationship between 2 variables

does x affect y, or how does variable x affect variable y

Question 8

independent variable

Answer 8

the variable that does the affecting

X

Question 9

dependent variable

Answer 9

the variable that is affected

Y