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| An explanation of the commonalities and the relationships among observed phenomena in terms of the casal structures and processes that are presumed to underlie them | Theory |
| A concept, embedded within a theory, that is inferred from observed phenomena and rlated to other concepts in the theory | Theoretical Construct |
| a | Constitutive Defined Construct |
| A concept that is defined by specifying the activities used to measure or manipulate it | Operationally Defined Construct |
| a | Variable |
| A gerneralization about a causal, sequential, or other type of relationship between two or more contructs | Law |
| a | Grounded Theory |
| a | Hypothesis |
| a | Epistemology |
| The view that features of the external environment exist independently of the beliefs and perceptions of individuals | Objective Reality |
| The epistemologival doctrine that physical and social reality is indepedent of those who observe it, and that observations of this reality, if unbiased, constitue scientific knowledge | Positivism |
| An epistemological doctrine that asserts an objective reality, but one that cannot be known from a value-free perspective and with absolute uncertainity | Postpositivism |
| The practice of seeking to advance scientific understanding of physical & social reality by giving all individuals the right to criticze a research study or the methods of scientific inquiry, & if the criticism proves to hae merit, revising a theorty, interpretations of findings, or methods accordingly | Progressive Discourse |
| a | Constructivism |
| In qualitative research, the researcher's act of focusing on himself or herself as a constructor & interpreter of the social reality being studied | Reflexivity |
| a | Analytic Induction |
| a | Scientific Realism |
| A broad social & philosophical movement that questions the rationality of human action, the use of positivist epistemology, & any human endeavor that claims a privileged position with respect to the search for truth or that claims progress in its search for truth | Postmodernism |
| Inquiry that is ground in the assumption that features of the socal environment constitue an objective reality that is relatively constant across time & setting | Quantitative Research |
| Inquiry that is grounded in the assumption that individuals construct social reality in the form of individuals construct social reality in the form of meanings and interpretations, & that these constructions tend to be transitory & situational | Qualitative Research |
| a | Interpretive Research |
