WEEK 2

Inductive; How (not necessarily why); Compile existing findings. All describe a [blank_start]model[blank_end]

Deductive; How and why; Explain existing findings; Generate new hypotheses and findings. All Describe a [blank_start]theory[blank_end]

A set of propositions that attempts to specify generally the interrelationship among a set of variables; is a [blank_start]theory[blank_end]

A specific statement about how two or more variables are related; is a [blank_start]hypothesis[blank_end]

A good hypothesis has the potential to be shown as [blank_start]false[blank_end]

[blank_start]Theory[blank_end] ---> Hypothesis ---> [blank_start]Predictions[blank_end]

A favored and supported Theory is never considered "proven"

A [blank_start]theory[blank_end] describes how and why concepts (variables) are related.

A [blank_start]model[blank_end] describes how concepts (variable) are related.

A [blank_start]hypothesis[blank_end] is a specific proposition that follows logically from a theory.

Over time, ideas pass through a series of filters that help to eliminate: nonsense, [blank_start]dead ends[blank_end], [blank_start]methodological[blank_end] biases, & findings that won't [blank_start]replicate[blank_end].

There is only a few theories that have resulted in actual, "proven" facts.

A model does not automatically lead to a theory.

The Logic of Proof and [blank_start]Disproof[blank_end] has two important components.

Two important components of The Logic of [blank_start]Proof[blank_end] and [blank_start]Disproof[blank_end] are: 1) Logical [blank_start]impossibility[blank_end] of proof. & 20 Logical possibility, but [blank_start]practical[blank_end] impossibility, of disproof.

Logical impossibility of proof is confirming a hypothesis with research findings does not logically indicate that the theory from which the hypothesis is derived must be correct.

Hypothesis are [blank_start]key[blank_end].

[blank_start]Hypothesis[blank_end] guide our research design.