CHAPTER OBJECTIVES This chapter is designed to help students: • Recognize the advantages of knowledge based on research over knowledge from authorities and knowledge from personal inquiry. • Appreciate the importance of both care and community in science. • Distinguish between basic and applied research. • Learn about the four purposes of scientific research: exploration, description, explanation and evaluation. KEY TERMS – (page references from text in parentheses) Applied Research (11) Authorities (4) Basic Research (11) Descriptive Study (14) Evaluation Research (16) Explanatory Research (15) Exploratory Research (13) Factually testable (9) Intersubjectivity (7) Objectivity (7) Personal Inquiry (5) Positivist View of Science (6) Post-Positivist View of Science (7) Premature Closure (6) Qualitative Data Analysis (14) Quantitative Data Analysis (15) Research Question (2) Scientific Method (6) Theory (10) Unit of Analysis (3)

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