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| Scientific assertions must have both.. |
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Logical and empirical support.
Meaning it must make sense and have evidence to back it up. |
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-Includes "what you should do" ideology.
-Should be avoided by scientists.
ex) Hoover Institution |
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-Looking at logical consistency.
-Will the means achieve the desired end?
-Scientists can do this.
ex) Project Manhattan (Nuclear Bomb Project) |
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-Extent to which a measure measures what it's supposed to measure
ex) A scale for your weight |
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-A.K.A Generalizability
-Extent to which one set of findings apply to or inform about another unstudied group.
ex)Public opinion surveys |
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-A.K.A. Casual Validity
-Extent to which you know that one variable causes another. (non-spurriousness)
ex)Chain of events |
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-Belief in an objective reality that exists apart from our own perceptions
-Traditional research philosophy |
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| -Belief in objective reality with skepticism of human ability of studying. |
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| -Reality is socially constructed and the goal of science is to understand how people give meaning to their realities. |
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| Intersubjective Agreement |
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-Part of Post-Positivism
-Cannot always be sure that one perspective could be the same as another, so we come to an agreement. |
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| Generalizing to others who are different from research population. |
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| Misremembering or misrecording data. |
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| Attenton is drawn to answers that suporrt pre-existing beliefs |
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Errors of change.
Reasoning/conclusions that are illogical. |
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Errors of change.
Resistance to new, better ideas because of faith or tradition. |
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| Generalizing to others who are different from research population. |
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| Misremembering or misrecording data. |
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| Attenton is drawn to answers that suporrt pre-existing beliefs |
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Errors of change.
Reasoning/conclusions that are illogical. |
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Errors of change.
Resistance to new, better ideas because of faith or tradition. |
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