SOC 3392 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ice-T, King T, Ideal Type
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A slightly different selection of indicators, or doing a study on a different set of units of analysis, at a different time or a different place might chance the results. Random ukes can reproduce false nding and replication will reveal these most often. The original research might have been done by a careless or dishonest person indicators= observable measures of a concept. ~tautology= circular reasoning--example= road has frozen ice on it ( frozen does not need to be repeated) ~suppressor variables= cause two variable to appear uncorrelated when they are actually correlated. ~demysti cation- of thought and action consists of rationality and science ( with science you can actually test things ) ~authoritarian approach to knowledge- agreeing with someones ideas because they have authority over you. ~mystical approach to knowledge- a person agrees with something because of god or religion. ~scienti c approach to knowledge- relies on empirical observations to determine what you believe.
