PSC 2101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Causal Reasoning, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistic
26 Mar 2020
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Exam structure: true/false, multiple choice, (lom) matching, 4 short answer, longer math questions. Research methods midterm study guide: research methods basics, human inquiry v. empirical research, human inquiry: this is how your brain makes sense of the world. Agreement reality is what we agree to be true. Causal reasoning is when we associate a cause and effect. Empirical research: this is based on objective observation of phenomena to gain scientific knowledge. We need to collect data in a scientific manner, we need to use the right statistical test to analyze data, and we need to evaluate data: characteristics of scientific knowledge. Empirical verification - can it be tested, non-normative - not opinion-based, reproducible. Induction: the process of reasoning from specific observations to general principle or theory. For example, a researcher observes and records a phenomena and then tries to define a pattern that can be used to develop an explanatory theory.
