SWP 538 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nuremberg Code, Cultural Anthropology, Literature Review
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Must have intersubjectivity rational people who observe facts must all agree on them. If i can measure it, it is true i only believe the things that i understand to be true. Categories of social work research descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, evaluation. Things that influence social theory length of time. Review questions: hypotheses are research statements about relationships between variables that are testable and that can be accepted or rejected based on the findings from a study. The physicians contact the local public health department to report the phenomena, and subsequently the health department contacts a college professor who is known as an expert on somali culture. The professor is interested in conducting research on the issue and she feels that it will be best if the study is deductive in nature. Deductive research typically starts with a theory and then: a hypothesis data analysis review of findings from other studies developing a problem statement.