SCIENTIFIC HAS MANY CONCEPTS AND ASSUMPTIONS IDIOGRAPHIC NOMOTHETIC NATURE NURTURE REDUCTIONIST HOLISTIC DETERMINIST FREE WILL SOCIALLY SENSITIVE NEUTRAL ETHNOCENTRIC CULTURALLY RELATIVE TESTABLE HYPOTHESIS UNTESTABLE GOOD APPLICATION NO CLEAR APPLICATION POWERFUL SUPPORTING EVIDENCE WEAK CONFLICTING EVIDENCE LAB SETTING NATURAL SETTING CONTROL OF VARIABLES NO CONTROL OF VARIABLES EFFECTIVE OPERATIONALISATION POOR OPERATIONALISATION QUALITATIVE DATA QUANTITATIVE DATA VALID NOT VALID RELIABLE MEASUREMENT UNRELIABLE OBJECTIVE SUBJECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE UNREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE UNETHICAL ETHICAL
SCIENTIFIC HAS MANY CONCEPTS AND ASSUMPTIONS IDIOGRAPHIC NOMOTHETIC NATURE NURTURE REDUCTIONIST HOLISTIC DETERMINIST FREE WILL SOCIALLY SENSITIVE NEUTRAL ETHNOCENTRIC CULTURALLY RELATIVE TESTABLE HYPOTHESIS UNTESTABLE GOOD APPLICATION NO CLEAR APPLICATION POWERFUL SUPPORTING EVIDENCE WEAK CONFLICTING EVIDENCE LAB SETTING NATURAL SETTING CONTROL OF VARIABLES NO CONTROL OF VARIABLES EFFECTIVE OPERATIONALISATION POOR OPERATIONALISATION QUALITATIVE DATA QUANTITATIVE DATA VALID NOT VALID RELIABLE MEASUREMENT UNRELIABLE OBJECTIVE SUBJECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE UNREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE ETHICAL UNETHICAL