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• Analytic induction — refers to a systematic examination of similarities between various social phenomena in order to develop concepts or ideas. Social scientists doing social research use analytic induction to search for those similarities in broad categories and… …   Wikipedia

• analytic induction — A logic of qualitative research which employs a systematic and exhaustive examination of a limited number of cases in order to provide generalizations. Donald Cressey, who employs the logic in his book Other People s Money (1953), suggests the… …   Dictionary of sociology

• induction — induction, inductive The inverse of deduction . Induction begins from particular observations from which empirical generalizations are made. These generalizations then form the basis for theory building. So called analytic induction is common in… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Analytic — See also: Analysis Contents 1 Natural sciences 2 Philosophy 3 Social sciences …   Wikipedia

• Induction — • Induction is the conscious mental process by which we pass from the perception of particular phenomena (things and events) to the knowledge of general truths Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Induction     Induction …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Analytic number theory — In mathematics, analytic number theory is a branch of number theory that uses methods from mathematical analysis to solve number theoretical problems. [Page 7 of Apostol 1976] It is often said to have begun with Dirichlet s introduction of… …   Wikipedia

• Non-analytic smooth function — In mathematics, smooth functions (also called infinitely differentiable functions) and analytic functions are two very important types of functions. One can easily prove that any analytic function of a real argument is smooth. The converse is not …   Wikipedia

• inductive — induction, inductive The inverse of deduction . Induction begins from particular observations from which empirical generalizations are made. These generalizations then form the basis for theory building. So called analytic induction is common in… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Humanistic sociology — is a domain of sociology which originated mainly from the work of University of Chicago Polish philosopher turned sociologist, Florian Znaniecki. It is a methodology which treats its objects of study and its studiers, that is, humans, as… …   Wikipedia

• Project NEXUS — is a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant funded project based at the University of Maryland, College Park and headed by Principal Investigator Dr. J. Randy McGinnis. Its purpose is to investigate an innovative model of teacher preparation.… …   Wikipedia

• Social research — refers to research conducted by social scientists (primarily within sociology and social psychology), but also within other disciplines such as social policy, human geography, political science, social anthropology and education. Sociologists and …   Wikipedia