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Anthropological Theory and Research Analyzing Sociocultural Systems
Two Competing Approaches ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Overview of This Lecture ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Anthropological Method I: Fundamental Principles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Anthropological Method II: Cultural Relativism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Anthropological Method III: Interpretations of Cultural Relativism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Anthropological Method IV: Universalism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Anthropological Techniques ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some Basic Terms of Science ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some Basic Terms of Research I ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some Basic Terms of Research II ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How to Develop a Hypothesis: Induction and Deduction
How to Test a Hypothesis
The Phases of Scientific Method ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Scientific Method as Probabilistic ,[object Object],[object Object]
A Six-Way Test  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Falsifiability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Logic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Logic (Continued) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Comprehensiveness ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Honesty ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Replicability ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Sufficiency ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Welcome Back to the Real World ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Conclusion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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