Scientific way of knowing §

(F) Day of the week: Tuesday Class: IS303 Created Time: October 20, 2020 2:24 PM Database: Class Notes Database Date: October 20, 2020 2:24 PM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: June 9, 2021 10:42 AM Type: Lecture

Contents

• What is research?

  It’s used to generate scientific knowledge that is:

• Reliable and trustworthy

• Accurate

• to Serve the public

• Follow moral/ethics standards

• Follow systematic rule/procedure

• Follow reasonable theory

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Theory §

is a set of concepts that ties together logically. ទ្រឺស្ដី

reasonable propositions or statements about how the physical and social world operates.

Concept §

is a mental abstraction to explain what something is. បញ្ញតិ

It’s the opposite of a concrete idea that is seeable and right in front of us.

We measure a concept’s concreteness by looking at Variables.

Ex: Giving $\boxed{land}$ to the $\boxed{landless}$ will contribute to reduce $\boxed{poverty}$

The world is a collection of variables

4 measures of measurements

Methods of Generating Knowledge §

Theory

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Hypothesis: statement or assumption about the relationship between variables.

The more $\boxed{\text{land}}$ you have the $\boxed{\text{richer}}$ you are.

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Observation

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Deductive Research §

from theory to connected variables to observation.

• Quantitative approach
• Using numerical data

Inductive Research §

from observation to connecting varaibles to a theory.

• Qualitative approach
• Using innitial images and appearance