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ResearchMethodology Week02
ResearchMethodology Week02
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Non-Specificity
Specificity
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Propositions
Levels of Abstraction
Concepts / Constructs
Empirical Level
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Qualities of a Good Theory (1) A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements. It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements. And it must make definite predictions about the result of future observations Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time, 1988
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Job Performance
Intention To Quit
Equity of pay, job complexity, participation In decision-making, and other partial Determinants of desirability of movement
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Deductive Reasoning
Theory
Using deductive reasoning, one starts with a given theory as the basis for which we develop hypotheses and then confirm these with specific data acquired using observation or experimentation (Is our theory valid or not?)
Hypotheses
Observation
Confirmation
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Inductive Reasoning
Observation
Using inductive reasoning, one starts with a specific observation as the basis for which we develop a general pattern and tentative hypothesis as the foundation of a theory
Pattern
Tentative Hypothesis
Theory
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Elements of the Scientific Method (Empirical Approach) Evidence-based approach. The guiding principle behind all research conducted in accordance with the scientific method Data derived from direct, systematic and careful observation and experimentation (as opposed to speculation, intuition, opinions, hunches, gut feeling)
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