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esearcher image 82-83researcher orientation effect 84ffresponse patterns 88ffrole selection 87, 91Rose, G 63Rosenthal 85-86Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.zaSample design 50, 119, 193Sartre, JP 164ffscale 65ff, 95scepticism 15Schwartz, RD & Skolnick, JH 93scientific communication 190ffscientific explanation 143scientific goal 13ffscientific revolution 149secondary analysis 97, 122Seeman, M 61ffselection effect 119selective internalization 21self-initiated research 34ffSelltiz, C et al 89sense, see connotationsensitizing concepts 160Smelser, N l00ff 134social desirability 89social sciences research 4ff- dimensions of: epistemological 14-15- methodological 15-17- ontological 11-13- sociological 8-11, 18- teleological 13-14sociological 8-11, 18sociology of science 9ffsources of data 76statements 125studies - cohort or panel 41subjective connotation 127Sudman, SE & Bradburn, NM 84surplus meaning 160survey design 122, 168synchronic studies, see cross-sectional studiessynthesis 102ffsystematic observation 77, 79, 163, 164268
Teleoglogical 13-14testability 159fftheoretical concept, see constructtheoretical definition 60, 63, 131theoretical framework 23theoretical research 57theoretical validity 59, 60, 62fftheory 60, 125, 137, 142ff, 152theory testing research, see hypothesis-testing researchthreats to validity 41training 94triangulation 72, 89-91truth 14, 15typology 44, 60, 125, 137ff, 151, 168, 223fftypology of research designs 121Unit of analysis 38ffFree download from www.hsrcpress.ac.zaValidity 15ff- see also concurrent validity, construct validity,criterion validitypredictive validity and threats to validityVan den Berg, JH 164Van Leent, J 168ffvariable 129ff- dichotomic 130- independent 130- polytomic 130- continuous 130- dependent 130verification 14verisimilitude 15Weber, M 128Winch, P 106Windelband, W 48ffWright, L 106269
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PART 3Appendix 1M Ferreira — A so
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important methods of operationalizi
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IntroductionSources of data, reacti
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CONSTRUCTIVE REPLICATIONIn conclusi
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multivariate techniques are much mo
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ConceptsIn figure 7.2 below, qualit
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2. THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONMedical s
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