HSS 3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Emic And Etic, Domestic Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
24 Nov 2018
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Theories and basic assumptions in science part 3. Etic: phonetic (language in general, refers to universal laws and behaviors that transcend nations and cultures and apply to all humans. Quantitative: focus on the strict quantification of observations (data) and careful control of empirical variables, involves, sampling, statistics. Qualitative: designed to describe and interpret the experiences of research participants, generally present findings in participant"s own words. How would you study ptsd: quantitative, are there existing questionnaires, what can you measure, qualitative, what do you ask, how can quantitative and qualitative approaches be linked together with respect to. Positivism: valid knowledge and truth is generated through scientific process, based on observation/ measurement and generalization, rigorous measurement of variables and analysis of cause and effect relationship (e. g. , Rct: criticized for focusing too much on characteristics of individuals, at expense of places where they live and work, uses the scientific method.
