SLWK 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Antipositivism, Longitudinal Study, Deductive Reasoning
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Research purposes in qualitative and quantitative studies: Time period during which the research observations will be conducted. Cross-sectional studies: observations that represent a single point in time. Trend studies: study changes within a population over time. Cohort studies: examine more specific populations as they change over time. Panel studies: examine the same set of people each time. Paradigm: a set of philosophical assumptions about the nature of reality. Contemporary positivism: emphasizes the pursuit of objectivity in our quest to observe and understand reality. Social constructivism: emphasizes multiple subjective realities and the difficulty of being objective. Critical social science (feminist paradigm): focus on oppression and its commitment to using research procedures to empower oppressed groups. Theory: a systematic set of interrelated statements intended to explain some aspect of social life or enrich our sense of how people conduct and find meaning their daily lives. Inductive: begin with a set of observations. Seeks patterns and generates tentative conclusions from patterns.
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