An Invitation to Social Research How It's Done 5e Emily Stier Adler, Roger Clark Lecture Notes Only All Chapters, Original , Complete And Study material 96pages LEARNEXAMS

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES This chapter is designed to help students: • Recognize the advantages of knowledge based on research over knowledge from authorities and knowledge from personal inquiry. • Appreciate the importance of both care and community in science. • Distinguish between basic and applied research. • Learn about the four purposes of scientific research: exploration, description, explanation and evaluation. KEY TERMS – (page references from text in parentheses) Applied Research (11) Authorities (4) Basic Research (11) Descriptive Study (14) Evaluation Research (16) Explanatory Research (15) Exploratory Research (13) F ly testable (9) Intersubjectivity (7) Objectivity (7) Personal Inquiry (5) Positivist View of Science (6) Post-Positivist View of Science (7) Premature Closure (6) Qualitative Data Analysis (14) Quantitative Data Analysis (15) Research Question (2) Scientific Method (6) Theory (10) Unit of Analysis (3)