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Discuss the types of reasoning researchers use to build theories.

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A set of prescribed procedures for establishing and connecting theoretical statements about events, for analyzing empirical evidence, and for predicting events yet unknown is called the _____.

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A researcher is using income, education, and zip code as an indication of social class. This process of identifying the actual measurement scales to assess social class is called _____.

The process of identifying the actual measurement scales to assess the variables of interest is called _____.

_____ involves applying statistics to data to test hypotheses.

Which of the following is an empirical assessment of a concept?

Knowledge and confirmation are the two purposes of theory.

Psychologists explain that humans' better recall of information that is presented visually compared to information presented verbally is due to the fact that the information is stored both visually and verbally. Because it is stored using this dual-coding process, it is easier to retrieve from memory. This formal logical explanation of this phenomenon is an example of a(n) _____.

As concepts become more abstract, the easier it is to measure them.

If all the trees a person has seen in his life have been green and therefore he concludes that all trees are green, which type of reasoning is he using?

The term inherent construct refers to a concept that is not directly observable or measurable.

The organization of concepts in sequence from the most concrete and individual to the most general is called the _____.

Anything that may assume different numerical values is considered a(n) _____.

A researcher is testing the hypothesis stating a positive relationship between business owners' level of risk tolerance and the insurance coverage for the business. To test this, the researcher uses a set of prescribed procedures for establishing and connecting theoretical statements about these two constructs, for analyzing empirical evidence gathered through surveys, and for predicting future behavior. This researcher is following the _____.

The logical process of establishing a general proposition on the basis of observation of particular facts is known as _____.

What is the LAST step in the application of the scientific method?

The organization of concepts in sequence from the most concrete and individual to the most general is called the _____.

The scientific method is a set of prescribed procedures for establishing and connecting theoretical statements about events, for analyzing empirical evidence, and for predicting events yet unknown.

A formal, logical explanation of some events that includes predictions of how things relate to one another is known as a(n) _____.

In theory development, the level of knowledge expressing a concept that exists only as an idea or a quality apart from an object is the ____ level.