CC233 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thomas Kuhn, Rationality, The Need
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The need for theory: research begins in the observations of patterns in social action. Rationality criterion for assessing thinking in terms of its logical consistency: thought to be logical standard, often missed; a person who behaves rationally is rare than common. Thomas kuhn: the theory-laden nature of observation independent observation is impossible, reality is socially constructed objectivity. Objectivity high intersubjective agreement: argument, persuasion, bullying, moralism, and sometimes an appeal to the evidence to is how we get high intersubjective agreement. Operationalization the process of translating abstract concepts into variables that indicate the concepts; clarifying that variables that are abstract are relevant. Empirical deduction the logical process for transforming a theoretical proposition into a research hypothesis. Theory & hypotheses go hand-in-hand, while concepts and variables do as well. Hypothesis educated guess; theoretically informed expectation about empirical patterns expressed as a relationship between variables. Hypothesis testing determining whether the expectations of your hypothesis are correct or not.
