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Explanation

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The satisfaction of curiosity by successfully clarifying how or why an event occurred.

(Page 81)

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Unit of Analysis

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The object of a study’s interest.

Page 81

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Case

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A specific object to which evidence refers.

Page 81

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Unit of Observation

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The kinds of objects from which evidence is collected.

Page 81

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Individual Data

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Evidence gathered about cases that are specific individuals.

Page 82

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Aggerate Data

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Evidence gathered about cases that are collections of individuals.

(Page 82)

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Social Artifact

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Any product of human activity.

Page 83

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Ecological Fallacy

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The reasoning error that occurs when conclusions about individuals are based solely on group observations.

(Page 86)

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Exception Fallacy

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The reasoning error that occurs when conclusions about aggregates are drawn from individual cases.

(Page 87)

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Causes

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The mechanisms or reasons leading to an outcome.

Page 87

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Correlation

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Empirical evidence that a change in ones variable is systematically identified with a change in another (association).

(Page 88)

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Control Variable

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A variable identifying the context for the relationship between independent and dependent variables.

(Page 89)

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Necessary Condition

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A condition that must be present for a specific outcome to occur.

(Page 91)

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Sufficient Condition

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A condition that, when present, produces a specific outcome.

Page 92

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Analytic Induction

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A process for understanding events that relies on grounding concepts in empirical observation and progressively sharpening them through iteration.

(Page 94)

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Cross-Sectional Study

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A study based on observations representing a single point in time.

(Page 95)

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Longitudinal Study

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A study design involving the collection of data at different points in time.

(Page 96)

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Trend Study

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A study of longitudinal study in which a given characteristic of some population is monitored over time.

(Page 96)

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Cohort Study

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A study in which a given characteristic of some population is monitored over time.

(Page 97)

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Panel Study

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A type of longitudinal study in which data are collected from the same set of people (the sample or panel) at several points in time.

(Page 98)

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Panel Attrition

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The increase in participants’ nonresponsiveness over time that reduces the accuracy of longitudinal changes.

(Page 99)