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7 step research process
- 1. Choosing a research question
- 2. Conducting a literature review
- 3. Developing a hypothesis
- 4. Designing the study
- 5. Conducting the study
- 6. Analyzing the data
- 7. Reporting the results
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Ways of Knowing:
Intuition
- Intuition-relying
- on common sense as a means of knowing about the world.
Ex suddenly knowing the answer to a problem.
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Ways of Knowing
Deduction
- Deduction-using
- logical reasoning and current knowledge as a means of knowing about the world.
- Ex: you may know from past experience that where you live, in the month of
- September, days tend to still be warm but start to get cooler, especially at
- night.
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Ways of Knowing
Authority
- Authority-relying
- on a knowledgeable person or group as a means of knowing about the world.
- You may know there is a poverty crisis in some parts of Africa from authority
- figures (e.g., magazine and newspaper reporters, Bono).
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Ways of Knowing
Observation
- Observation-relying
- on what one observes as a means of knowing about the world.
- You may have observe that the earth is round by viewing photographs taken from
- space of the earth.
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Canon of the Scientific Method
Empiricism
Empiricism:knowledge about behavior can be gained by observing.
- Observing behavior gives researchers a more accurate understanding of the causes of
- behaviors than other methods of gaining knowledge.
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Canons of the Scientific Method
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