David Bracken, Penn State UniversityPLSC 10: The Scientific Process Prof. David Bracken, Penn State University 1
David Bracken, Penn State University2The Scientific Process I Today How do we ask good questions? How do we go from theory to knowledge? Rational Choice Theory How do we define hypotheses? What are concepts? What are variables?
David Bracken, Penn State University3The Scientific Process I Asking good questions First step on the scientific process is defining a good research question Empirical questions = how the world is Descriptive: What does the world look like? Explanatory: Why does the world look the way it does? Normative questions = how the world shouldbe
