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| a way of conducting empirical research following rules that specify objectivity logic and communication amoung a community of knowledge seekers and the connection between research and theory |
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| see the world as it really is |
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| agreements about reality that result from comparing the observations of more than one observer |
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| useful in immediate future and suggest action or increase effectiveness in some area |
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| an explanation about how and why people behave and interact in the ways they do |
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| ground breaking research in new area |
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| research to describe groups activities situations and events |
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| research designed to explain why subjects vary |
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| walk in collect data and go. shows subject at one point in time. |
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| follow subjects over period of time |
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| changes occur over lifetime |
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| patterns and how they change |
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