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| a person actively engaged in a discipline, or profession, esp. medicine |
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| engaged in w/o payment, nonprofessional. Devotee, admirer |
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| Rule of parsimony (Occan's razor) |
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| given two plausible explanations for the same event, we should accept the simpler version |
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| the requirement that a scientific theory must be stated in such a way that it can be tested and disproved if it is indeed wrong |
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| a research method that manipulates a variable in a tightly controlled situation in order to find out if it has the predicted effect |
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| a research method that uses questionnaires and structured interviews to collect self-reported data that reflects what respondents think, feel, or intend to do. |
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| critical observation or examination |
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| a system of ideas and manner of thinking of a group |
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| based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions |
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| self-referential imperative |
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| include yourself as a constituent of your own construction |
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| grant others that occur in your construction the same autonomy you practice constructing them |
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| scholars who use theory to reveal unjust communication practices that create or perpetuate an imbalance of power |
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| a research method that describes and interprets the characteristics or any text. analyze visual texts and artifacts |
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| a method of participant observation designed to help a research experience a culture's complex web of meaning. focus group interview and individual interviews |
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