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The Basics of Social Research 2/e

The Basics of Social Research 2/e. Babbie. Chapter 1 Human Inquiry and Science. Looking For Reality The Foundations of Social Science: Logic and Observation Some Dialectics of Social Research. How We Know What We Know. Direct Experience and Observation Personal Inquiry Tradition

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The Basics of Social Research 2/e

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  1. The Basics of Social Research 2/e Babbie

  2. Chapter 1Human Inquiry and Science • Looking For Reality • The Foundations of Social Science: Logic and Observation • Some Dialectics of Social Research

  3. How We Know What We Know • Direct Experience and Observation • Personal Inquiry • Tradition • Authority

  4. Looking for Reality Two Criteria • Logical support - must make sense • Empirical support - must not contradict actual observation.

  5. Errors in Personal Inquiry • Inaccurate observations • Overgeneralization • Selective observation • Illogical Reasoning

  6. Views of Reality • Premodern - Things are as they seem to be. • Modern - Acknowledgment of human subjectivity. • Postmodern -There is no objective reality to be observed.

  7. Aspects of the Scientific Enterprise • Theory - deals with logic. • Data collection - deals with observation. • Data Analysis - deals with the comparison of what is logically expected with what is actually observed.

  8. Social Regularities Patterns in social life Examples: • Only people aged 18 and above can vote. • Only people with a license can drive.

  9. Aggregates • The collective actions and situations of many individuals. • Focus of social science is to explain why aggregated patterns of behavior are so regular even when the individuals change over time.

  10. Variables and Attributes

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