Across
- 3. A variable whose values are not problematical in an analysis but are taken as simply given
- 4. The variable that is assumed to depend on, or be caused by, another
- 5. A search relying on the results of evidence-based searches others have done
- 7. A paradigm introduced by August Cornte that held that social behavior could be studied & understood in a rational scientific manner
- 9. A report of a comprehensive search for unpublished as well as published studies that address a particular research question
- 13. Observations that are consistent with what we would expect to experience if a theory is correct, or an intervention is effective
- 15. The logical model in which specific expectations of hypotheses are developed on the basis of general principles
- 17. Information we gather by experience in the real world that helps us build a theory or verify whether it is correct when testing hypotheses
- 19. An approach to social research that focuses on gaining an empathic understanding of how people feel inside, seeking to interpret individuals’ everyday experiences, deeper meanings & feelings, & idiosyncratic reasons for their behaviors
- 22. A review that will report comprehensive searches for unpublished as well as published studies that address a particular research question
- 23. Experiments that use random means to assign clients who share similar problems or diagnoses into groups that receive different interventions.
- 24. The logical model in which general principles are developed from specific observations
Down
- 1. An approach to explanation in which we attempt to discover factors that can offer a general, though imperfect, explanation of some phenomenon.
- 2. A systematic set of interrelated statements intended to explain something
- 3. An approach to explanation in which we attempt to explain a single case fully, using as many idiosyncratic, explanatory factors as may be necessary
- 6. A paradigm that rejects the notion of a knowable objective social reality
- 8. Logical groupings of attributes
- 10. A mental image that symbolizes an idea, an object, an event, or a person
- 11. Knowledge based on probability that enables us to say that if “A” occurs, the “B” is more likely to occur.
- 12. A tentative & testable prediction about how changes in one thing are expected to explain & be accompanied by changes in something else
- 14. A model or frame of reference that shapes our observations & understandings
- 16. A process in which practitioners make decisions in light of the best research evidence available
- 18. Searching the literature for any & all sources that provide evidence pertaining to the practice question you formulated
- 20. A closed system of beliefs and values that shapes the understanding and behavior of those who believe in it
- 21. Characteristics of persons or things