https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu 1. What are the critical elements in scientific thinking? 2. Can social and natural sciences be scientific in the same way? 3. What are the advantages for sociological researchers compared to biologists? Provide some examples? 4. What are some of the difficulties encountered by social scientists that natural scientists do not face? You will have 25 minutes to discuss and prepare your ansewrs to the questions above. You will be asked to present your findings to the rest of the class at the end of your debates. en-us 2022-03-22 11:56:12 UTC 2022-03-22 12:23:01 UTC hello@padlet.com sschuah1 https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107357935 Q1. Critical elements in scientific thinking are theoretical thinking, logical assessments of arguments, systematic empirical investigations, rigorous analysis of data, and commitment to publishing research findings to develop a body of cumulative knowledge. 

Q2.  No, social and natural sciences cannot be scientific in the same way as people and social groups in societies are significantly very different from animals and events in the physical world. Human beings base their actions on their meaning and purpose which are hard to understand.

Q3. Sociological researchers have an advantage as they can talk and directly ask questions from the objects of their research, something biologists are not able to do as their objects of study for example, are frogs and chemicals, which they cannot communicate with. This makes the research more reliable and valid. 

Q4. Difficulties encountered by social scientists are that it is hard to get inside the mind of humans and understand their intentions. If people are aware that their activities are being observed, they may change their usual behaviours and opinions, making research findings invalid. However, these difficulties are not faced by natural scientists. ]]> 2022-03-22 12:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107357935 https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107363183 1. What are the critical elements in scientific thinking? 
-  Theoretical thinking, and logical assessment of arguments, systematic empirical investigations, rigorous analysis of data, and commitment to publish research findings to develop a body of cumulative knowledge. 

2. Can social and natural sciences be scientific in the same way?
-  Social groups and societies in significant ways are very different from the other animals and events in the physical world. However, some branches of science even employ both natural and social science components. Examples of natural sciences include biology and ecology, while economics and psychology are examples of social sciences.

3. What are the advantages for sociological researchers compared to biologists?  Provide some examples?
-  Sociologists can talk and directly asks questions from the objects of their research, something that biologists and chemist would not be able to do. For example, sociologists can hold meetings with people about different aspects of their work.

4. What are some of the difficulties encountered by social scientists that natural scientists do not face?
-  Intentions and meaning are crucial explanatory features of human action in the study of social science. Therefore, it is crucial for social scientists to get inside the mind and understanding someone’s intentions which can be really difficult because humans are complicated in many aspects.]]> 2022-03-22 12:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107363183 https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107365341 1.What are the critical elements in scientific thinking?
According to the article, science involves certain key elements, including theoretical thinking, and logical assessment of arguments, systematic empirical investigations, rigorous analysis of data, and commitment to publishing research findings to develop a body of cumulative knowledge.

2. Can social and natural sciences be scientific in the same way?
From our opinions, human-beings or social groups are quite different from animals and physical events. In particular, humans are self-aware beings who confer meaning and purpose on what they do. To be able to describe social life accurately, we need to first understand the meanings that people apply to their actions. 

3.What are the advantages for sociological researchers compared to biologists? Provide some examples?
There is an advantage for sociologists, and that is that they can talk and directly asks questions from the objects of their research, something that biologists and chemists would not be able to do. 

4. What are some of the difficulties encountered by social scientists that natural scientists do not face?
People who are aware that their activities are being scrutinised and observed by researchers may alter their usual behaviour and opinions, thus invalidating the researcher’s conclusions. Research participants may also consciously or unconsciously try to provide answers or behave in a way that they think pleases the researcher, and this adds to the complications of social research. Therefore, compared to natural scientists, sociologists are at a distinct disadvantage, as trying to get inside the mind and understanding someone’s intentions can be really difficult. 

]]> 2022-03-22 12:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107365341 erajakumar1 https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107366685 1. Critical elements in scientific thinking: 
-theoretical thinking 
-logical assessment of arguments 
-systematic empirical investigations
-rigorous analysis of data
-commitment to publish research findings to develop a body of cumulative knowledge 

2. Yes, as the study of social science consists of both quantitative and qualitative research and can be classified as scientific.
 
We also disagree as humans are self-aware beings who confer meaning and purpose on what they do and each individual's meaning may differ from each other. Humans can however, be approached to further understand the reasoning for their behaviour but this could lead to problems such as the observer effect where people alter their usual behaviour while being observed or participant bias where the participant behaves in a way they believe would please the researcher. 

3. The main advantage of sociological researchers is that they can approach and have direct communication with individuals they want to study whereas biologists can only observe from a proximity to come up with their inference of the animal's behaviour. 

4. Participant bias - people behave in a way that would please the observer and feel pressured to uphold the society's standards to behave a certain way and it is impossible to judge a person's behaviour based on one setting. ]]> 2022-03-22 12:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/usictech/g41uimx44t1ou0yu/wish/2107366685