What is science and scientific knowledge

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Assignment:

Textbook: - Babbie,Earl (2010) The Practice of Social Research (13th/12th Ed.), Wadsworth: California (earlier or later editions would be acceptable as well).

Topics:

Sources of our everyday knowledge (knowledge from agreement reality, tradition,authority etc.)

Common observational and logical errors we make in our casual inquiries:

- inaccurate observations

- overgeneralization

- selective observation

- illogical reasoning

What is methodology?

Different approaches to the concept of reality: pre modern view; modern view; post modern view

What is science and scientific knowledge?

Comparison of natural and social sciences

The foundations of social science; three aspects of social scientific enterprise: theory, data collection and data analysis

What is a theory?
What is a variable? What is an attribute?
What is an independent variable? What is a dependant variable?
Idiographic and nomothetic explanation
What is induction? What is deduction?
What is a research proposal?

Instructions:

• Choose at least two themes/topics/terms/theories etc. from the list for the chapter.

- In the beginning, please identify which themes/topics/terms/theories etc. you have selected and are writing your response paper on, and then, present your critical reflections on them.

- Please do not make quotations or repeat the definitions and examples from the textbook just to fill the pages. Instead, present your own, original critical reflections on the assigned readings. You can do this in so many different ways, such as by creating your own examples, discussing what is presented in the reading from your own perspective, critically analyzing the material, raising further questions, thinking of different research scenarios, discussing pros and cons/advantages and disadvantages, and the like.

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