SOAN 2120 Final: EXAM CONCEPTS
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Deduction: the logical model in which specific expectations of hypotheses are developed on the basis of general principles. Starting from the general principle that all deans are meanies, you might anticipate that this one won"t let you change courses. This anticipation would be the result of deduction. Dependent variable: a variable assumed to depend on or be caused by another (called the independent variable). If you find that income is partly a function of amount of formal education, income is being treated as a dependent variable. Idiographic: an approach to explanation in which we seek to exhaust the idiosyncratic causes of a particular condition or event. Imagine trying to list all the reasons why you chose to attend your particular university. Given all those reasons, it"s difficult to imagine you"re making any other choice. Independent variable: a variable with values that are not problematical in an analysis but are taken as simply given.