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Empirical knowledge

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Scientific knowledge

development and testing of theories the radical models

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Ontology

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What can be said to exist into what categories can we store existing things

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Epistemology

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What is knowledge? How is knowledge acquired? how do we know what we know

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Post positivism

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Is A philosophical orientation that suggests that the material world exists that things can be sensed for example seen touch heard tasted

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Constructivism

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Is a philosophical orientation that’s just reality in the way in which we understand our world are largely dependent on her perception

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Qualitative research

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Is a systematic interactive and subjective research method used to describe and give meaning to life experiences

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Quantitative research

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Is to systematically describe the phenomenon of research would choose to conduct a quantitative research study at the question to be answered cancer in testing for the presence of a specific relationships. Objective studies

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Theory

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A theory is a set of interrelated concepts that provides a systematic view of the phenomenon

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Inductive reasoning

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Inductive reasoning is a process of starting with the details of experience and moving to a general picture

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Deductive reasoning

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Is a process of starting with the general picture in this case the theory of attentively embracing story and moving to a specific direction for practice and research

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Model

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Is the symbolic representation of a set of concepts that is created to depict relationships

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Variables

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Are the elements that can be observed through the senses

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Conceptual definition

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Is much like a dictionary definition of being the general meaning of the concept

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Operational definition

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Specifies how the concert will be measured

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Hypothesis

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Is a tentative statement of relationship between two or more variables that can be empirically tested

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Conceptual framework

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Is a structure of concepts series or both that is used to construct a Map for the study