Reading Assignment #1 Assignment Type
Points Possible: 50 Projecrs
Deliverable Length: 3-5 pages
Define the following key terms.
Attributes Induction
Deduction Nomothetic
Dependent variable Replication
Idiographic Theory
Independent variable Variable
Hypothesis Interest Convergence
Macrotheory Microtheory
Null hypothesis Operational definition
Operationalization Paradigm
Answer the following research questions.
- Identify a social problem that you feel ought to be addressed andsolved. What are the variables represented in your description of theproblem? Which of those variables would you monitor in determiningwhether the problem was solved?
- How might social research be useful to such professionals asphysicians, attorneys, business executives, police officers, andnewspaper reporters?
- Select a social problem that concerns you, such as war, pollution,overpopulation, prejudice, or poverty. Then use one of the paradigms inthis chapter to address that problem. What would be the main variablesinvolved in the study of that problem, including variables that maycause it or hold the key to its solution?
- What in your own words, is the difference between a paradigm and a theory?
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Textbook: Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology
Edition: 8TH 18Publisher: Cengage LearningISBN 13: 9781337091824
