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Public opinion in democracies is giving a great idea of attention.

Definition

The aggregate of opinions of individuals on topics in a survey research.

Your Paraphrased Definition
Is the big picture of what most people are feeling about a certain issue

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Social Science and the Scientific Method

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The control group which is similar to the experimental group in every way, except that it will not participate in the program or undergo the treatment being study.

Definition
A group, similar to the experimental group, which does not undergo treatment; used for comparison.

Your Paraphrased Definition.

A group in a experiment that does not get the treatment or get to participate on the experiment. Its use to compare with the group that does participate.

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Social Science and the Scientific Method.

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The Scientific method deals only with observable EMPIRICAL facts and events.

Definition
Referring to observables facts and events.

Your Paraphrased Definition
Means that we learned it by actually seeing it or measuring our self no just by theory

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Social Sciences and the scientific method

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A case study is an in-depth investigation of a particular event in order to understand it as fully as possible.

Definition
A case study is an in-depth investigation of a particular event in order to understand it as fully as possible.

Your Paraphrased Definition
The investigation of a particular situation as a whole.

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Called PUSH POLLS, these efforts really constitute more of a campaign tactic than a scientific public opinion survey.

Definition
A survey that ask questions in order to sway opinion for a particular candidate or position.

Your Paraphrased Definition

A Back and forth of questions and answers by the person doing the poll and the person being interviewed.

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Social Science and the Scientific Method.

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Note, however, that correlation ( two events occurring together in a statistically significant relationship) does not equal causation.

Definition
A significant statistical relationship.

Your Paraphrased Definition
Means that two things are statistically related. once one move the other one does too in the same direction.

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ETHNOGRAPHY is the systematic description of a society's customary behaviors, beliefs and attitudes.

Definition
Systematic description of a society's customary behaviors, beliefs and attitudes.

Your Paraphrased Definition
Its a research method that study different cultures by being in their environments.

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This is a PROBABILISTIC STATEMENT; it does not exclude the possibility that some white evangelical/born again christian vote democratic.

Definition
A statement that applies to some proportion of circumstances.

Your Paraphrased Definition
A statement that might be true.

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Another problem is the HALO EFFECT- the tendency of respondents to give a "good citizen" responses.

Definition
The tendency of respondents to give a "good citizen" responses to pollsters.

Your Paraphrased Definition

A person can give a fake response to be socially acceptable.

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Admittedly, it is difficult to maintain a truly SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE when examining social behavior.

Definition
Doubt or skepticism about theories until they have been scientifically tested.

Your Paraphrased Definition
A doubt of a theory until its probing or tested.

Like saying innocent until proven guilty.

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In the example above, we relied on DEDUCTIVE REASONING or inferring form a general theory to a particular case.

Definition
To infer from a general theory to a particular case.

Your Paraphrased Definition
Begin with a general truth, Apply it to a specific case and Arrive at a logical conclusion. its very logical.

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THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD develops and test theories about how observable facts and events are related in order to explain them.

Definition
A method of explanation that develops and test theories about how observable facts and events are related.

Your Paraphrased Definition
A circuit of steps that you have to follow to prove theories.

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An EXPERIMENT is a scientific test that is controlled by the researcher and designed to observe the effect of a program or treatment.

Definition
A scientific test controlled by the researcher to observe effects of a specific program or treatment

Your Paraphrased Definition
A test designed to prove the effectiveness of a program or treatment.

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FIELD RESEARCH is essentially going where the action is, watching closely, and taking notes.

Definition
Directly observing social behavior.

Your Paraphrased Definition
Going into societies to get the answers you been looking for.

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A SCIENCE may be broadly defined as any organize body of knowledge, or it may be more narrowly defined as a discipline that employs the scientific method.

Definition
Any organized body of knowledge.

Your Paraphrased Definition
An organized way of studying and understanding the world around us.

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Social Science and the Scientific Method .