SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY

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SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY

• It involves certain key methods
• It adheres to several key values
• It adheres to specific standards

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METHODOLOGIES

• Naturalistic Observations
• Case Studies
• Surveys
• Correlational Studies
• Experimentation

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BASIC RESEARCH STEPS

• Form the hypothesis
• ask an answerable question
• limit the investigation
• Isolate the variables
• independent variable
• dependent variable
• Control for other variables
• construct a viable sample
• eliminate unwanted influences by keeping
  everything else constant
• Measure the effects
• methods of quantifying what you see
• tests of significance