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**Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday September 18 **  


 * 1) ======[|Ontology (n)]- The study of nature and the basic classifications along with the relationships between them. In science class, we often use ontology to understand the relationship between animal species.[|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 2) ======Epistemology (n)- The study/theory of knowledge. How we know what we know. Sociologists useepistemology to help understand how people interact with each other. [|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 3) ======Positivistic (Adj)- Basing knowledge on observable/measurable facts. His report showed the details of his positivisticapproach toward research. [|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 4) ======Interpretivist (Adj)-Knowledge that can be based on how we can put situations together to arrive at a conclusion that may not be directly supported by facts. Sometimes social scienctists have to have aninterpretivist attitude to explore social interaction among people. [|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 5) ======Realist (n)- a person who believes that what you see is what you get. The realist could not see things improving in their current condition. [|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 6) ======Relativists (n)-People that believe there can be different truths according to your viewpoint. Therelativistbeleived that in some cases murder was justifiable. [|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 7) ======Quantitative (Adj)- Something that is measurable with numbers. The quantitative data was caculated by using SSPS.======
 * 8) ======Qualitative (Adj)- Something that is measurable based on categories or other devised measures. The interviews had to be categorized in a qualitative manner. [|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 9) ======generalizable (v)- Something that is non-specific. The data is generalizable across populations.[|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 10) ======transferable (v)- Moving from one place to another. The ticket is non-transferable to another person.[|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 11) ======causation (n)- showing that one thing causes another. The researched proved that lack of sleep was acausation for poor grades.[|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers======
 * 12) ======[|Geoduck](n) A type of clam that lives in saltwater. After we picked the geoducks from the bay, we ate them for dinner.[|Stalking the Blue-eyed Scallop] by Euell Gibbons.======
 * 13) ======Sclerotic (Adj) - Something that is difficult or hard. Today, the economy is in a sclerotic period. Source: [|Word-a-day]email.======
 * 14) ======Bellicose (Adj)- Loud and trying to start an argument. The bellicose man was arrested when he yelled at a cop. Source: [|Word-a-day]email.======
 * 15) ======Repudiate (v)- To deny something if false. Marcy repudiated the charges against her. Source: [|Word-a-day]email.======
 * 16) ======Variegated (adj)- Colorful. The leaves on the trees alway show their variegated nature in the fall. Source: [|Word-a-day]email.======
 * 17) ======Craven (adj)- Very afraid, cowardly. Because of his craven nature he hid in the closet when the burglar broke into his home. Source: [|Word-a-day]email.======
 * 18) ======Ecumenical (adj)- Concerning the Christian church. The church's ecumenical policy is not to condone sin. Source: Mosaic 2======
 * 19) ======Capricious (adj)- Erratic, inconsistent. His capricious study habits caused him to fail the test. Source: Designing Online Learning With Flash by David More.======
 * 20) ======Nugatory (adj)- Worthless, little value. A nugatory attitude will not help you in life. Source: Word-a-day email.======
 * 21) ======Iterative (adj)- To do something more than once. He showed an iterative attitude by going to the park everyday. Source:[|Word-a-day]email.======
 * 22) ======inebriated (v)- To be drunk. The beer he drank at lunch made him inebriated and he fell down on the sidewalk. Source:[|Word-a-day]email.======
 * 23) ======Noisome (adj)- offensive. The noisome odor cause him to be sick. Source: [|Word-a-day]email.======