Now that you have completed Chapter 2, you should be able to:
- Explain what Reichenbach meant by the "discovery phase" in the scientific method.
- Describe six hypothesis-generating heuristics that scientists may use as they develop their research ideas.
- Develop a research proposal.
- Explain the purpose of doing a literature search and the resources that are available for conducting this search.
- Explain the difference between theoretical and operational definitions and provide an example of each.
- Differentiate between hypotheses and theories.
- Discuss the three criteria for acceptable hypotheses.
- Explain the difference between a construct and a variable.
- Differentiate between independent and dependent variables and provide an example of each.
- Explain why any event or condition can be an independent variable or a dependent variable.
