Research and scientific methods
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How do descriptive, predictive, and explanatory methods of research differ from each other? In what ways are they similar?
How does the scientific method point towards truth? What is truth, and how do you know when you have found it?
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How descriptive, predictive, and explanatory methods of research differ from each other? In what ways are they similar?
Descriptive methods attempt to an accurate description of some aspect of society by assessing specific characteristics of individuals, groups, situations, or events and subsequently summarizing these situations, or events by examining the commonalities found in discrete observations.
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