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Social Sciences & the Scientific Method

Correlates to Power & Society by Thomas Dye. Chapter 2.

AB
scienceexplaining through empirical study
significantnot occurring naturally
inferencecausal statement based on data showing significant relationship
correlationsig relationships that may or may not be causal
empiricalobserved with 5 senses
normativeway things should be
theoryexplanation of facts
sci attitudeskepticism
universalapplies to every circumstance
probablisticapplies to some of the circumstance
experimenttest controlled
nullno effect
experimentalundergoes treatment
controlno treatment
universegroup about which info is derived
sampling error95%
halo effectgood citizen answers
anthropologists primary researchfield
uses surveypolitical science
uses surveysociology
ethnographysociety's behavior, beliefs, attitudes
secondary sourcescientist's didn't collect
abortion answerlegal only under certain circumstances
legal abortion caseRoe v. Wade
college students descriptionmiddle-of-the-road
goal of sci methodexplanation
explains whyrelationships
hypothesisstatements about how relations may be
what should benormative
most business vote republicanprobablistic
placebofake
double-blindneither knows
randomsampling
case studyparticular event
salientthought most on; strong about


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