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FCS 380 Study Guide Exam 2 |
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Review of Literature |
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Levels of Headings |
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Table of Contents |
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Title Page |
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3 Purposes of Research |
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Exploration |
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Description |
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Explanation/prediction |
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Three Criteria for Causal Relationships |
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Correlation |
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Time Order |
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Non Spurious |
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Spurious |
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Unit of Analysis |
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Individuals |
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Groups, Organizations and Institutions |
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Programs |
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Communities, States, Nations |
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Social Artifacts |
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Ecological Fallacy |
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Reductionism |
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Subjects |
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Cross-sectional |
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Longitudinal |
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Trend Studies |
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Cohort Study |
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Panel Study |
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How We Decide What to Study |
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Common Sense/folk Wisdom |
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Observation |
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Theories |
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Past Research |
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The Curse of Science |
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Research Question |
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Hypotheses |
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Direct Observables |
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Indirect Observables |
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Constructs |
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Conceptualize |
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Real Definitions |
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Nominal Definitions |
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Operational Definitions |
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Mutually Exclusive |
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Exhaustive |
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Four Levels of Measurement |
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Nominal |
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Ordinal |
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Interval |
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Ratio |
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Reliability |
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Validity |
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Construct Validity |
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Content Validity |
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Methods Section of a Paper |