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Research
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 4
01/31/2011

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Term
Aggregate
Definition
Group of units
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Attribute
Definition
Characteristics or qualities that describe some object such as a person.
Term
Variables
Definition
Local groupings of attributes
Term
Deductive reasoning
Definition
general to specific observations
Term
Inductive reasoning
Definition
Specific to general observations (Grounded Theory)
Term
Dependent Variable
Definition
Outcomes of the effects of "X"
Term
Independent Variable
Definition
The causal variable "X"
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Empirical
Definition
The production of Knowledge based on experience or observation.
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Idiographic
Definition
Explaining a situation and doing it extensively
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Nomothetic
Definition
Pulling samples and drawing conclusions from samples
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Methodology
Definition
The study of methods used to understand something
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Replication
Definition
Repeating a study
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Scientific Method
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  2. Data Collection
  3. Data analysis

 

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