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**Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday, January 14 ** 


 * 1) Hekademia (n)- The place where Plato taught.
 * 2) [|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
 * 3) 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
 * 4) 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
 * 5) 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
 * 6) 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
 * 7) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Relativists (n)-People that believe there can be different truths according to your viewpoint. Therelativistbeleived that in some cases murder was justifiable. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ground Rules for Good Research] : A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers
 * 8) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Quantitative (Adj)- Something that is measurable with numbers. The quantitative data was caculated by using SSPS.
 * 9) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Qualitative (Adj)- Something that is measurable based on categories or other devised measures. The interviews had to be categorized in a qualitative manner. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ground Rules for Good Research] : A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers
 * 10) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">generalizable (v)- Something that is non-specific. The data is generalizable across populations.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ground Rules for Good Research] : A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers
 * 11) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">transferable (v)- Moving from one place to another. The ticket is non-transferable to another person.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ground Rules for Good Research] : A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers
 * 12) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">causation (n)- showing that one thing causes another. The researched proved that lack of sleep was acausation for poor grades. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ground Rules for Good Research] : A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers
 * 13) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Geoduck] (n) A type of clam that lives in saltwater. After we picked the geoducks from the bay, we ate them for dinner.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Stalking the Blue-eyed Scallop] by Euell Gibbons.
 * 14) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sclerotic (Adj) - Something that is difficult or hard. Today, the economy is in a sclerotic period. Source: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.
 * 15) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bellicose (Adj)- Loud and trying to start an argument. The bellicose man was arrested when he yelled at a cop. Source:<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.
 * 16) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Repudiate (v)- To deny something if false. Marcy repudiated the charges against her. Source: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.
 * 17) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Variegated (adj)- Colorful. The leaves on the trees alway show their variegated nature in the fall. Source: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.
 * 18) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Craven (adj)- Very afraid, cowardly. Because of his craven nature he hid in the closet when the burglar broke into his home. Source: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.
 * 19) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ecumenical (adj)- Concerning the Christian church. The church's ecumenical policy is not to condone sin. Source: Mosaic 2
 * 20) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Capricious (adj)- Erratic, inconsistent. His capricious study habits caused him to fail the test. Source: Designing Online Learning With Flash by David More.
 * 21) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nugatory (adj)- Worthless, little value. A nugatory attitude will not help you in life. Source: Word-a-day email.
 * 22) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Iterative (adj)- To do something more than once. He showed an iterative attitude by going to the park everyday. Source:<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.
 * 23) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">inebriated (v)- To be drunk. The beer he drank at lunch made him inebriated and he fell down on the sidewalk. Source:<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.
 * 24) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Noisome (adj)- offensive. The noisome odor cause him to be sick. Source: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Word-a-day] email.