纽曼社会研究方法英文版PPTChapter04-MeaningofMethodology-7e.pptVIP

Copyright ?2011 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright ?2011 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 4: The Meanings of Methodology Seventh EditionSocial Research Methods:Qualitative and Quantitative Approachesby W. Lawrence Neuman This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: Any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; Preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; Any rental, lease, or lending of the program. Philosophical Foundations Ontology Epistemology Three Approaches Paradigm Positivist social science Interpretive social science Critical social science 10 Questions 1) What is the purpose of social scientific research? Causal laws 2) What is the fundamental nature of social reality? Predict behavior 3) What is the basic nature of human beings? Mechanical model of man Positivist Social Science Positivist Social Science 4) What is the view on human agency? Determinism 5) What is the relationship between science and common sense? Separate ways of knowing – scientific jargon 6) What constitutes an explanation or theory of social reality? Nomothetic Covering law model 7) How does one determine whether an explanation is true or false? Replication and not logical contradictions 8) What does good evidence look like? Intersubjectivity - Set out to disprove science 9) What is the use of science? Instrumental orientation Technocratic perspective 10) Where do sociopolitical values enter science? Value free and objective Positivist Social Science Family dynamics College entrance Federal interest rates Armed robbery College romance Primary elections Grocery store produce Corporate welfare How would PSS approach the following sociological concepts? Positivist Social Science 1) What is the purpose of social scientific research? Meaningful social action 2) What is