CMN 2101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Human Nature, Sampling Error, Stratified Sampling

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2101
• Professor: Mahamoud Houssein

Document Summary

Emergent disciplines that are deemed to be scientific are judged worthy of that designation only if they hold up to scrutiny using the lens of logical empiricism, theorist. Arthur bochner outlines, relies on four assumptions (1) assumption that the goal of science is to represent reality, or to construct an accurate representation of nature. One of the cornerstones of scientifically valid research is its ability to be replicated under the same conditions in which it was first carried out. When results cannot be replicated, the assumption is that certain parameters of either the original or replicated study were insufficiently understood. (4) assumption that scientific progress is linear and cumulative. But from our understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry evolves, a linear approach is seen as too simple, especially in social sciences where a wide variety of research tools enable researchers to assess and measure complex phenomena.