POLS 3180 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chat Room, Logical Positivism, Scientific Realism
1 Dec 2013
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Five sets of questions, answer one from each set. Answer them entirely: some researchers have recently started to use online chat rooms to conduct their qualitative interviews. In answering this question, make sure to (i) clearly define the terms; international explanations", field research;, qualitative interviews", and content analysis" and (ii) show how the method of your choice is more appropriate than each of the two alternatives. Ontology: there is a world out there, it is governed by laws; we can separate facts and values. Epistemology: two sources of knowledge: observation and logic. Explanation: aims to establish existence of causal relationships, most common in political science. The research goals determines everything in your research project, from your research question to your method of data analysis. Theories aim to simplify the reality and as such to increase our understanding of it (the world) Hypotheses are expected answers to our research question based on theory.
