The guidelines followed by social researchers fall into two categories: those that help keep research scientific and those that help keep research ethical. Both types of guidelines are essential for a field of inquiry that seeks empirical generalizations about human society. Name and describe three of the guidelines from your text.
What will be an ideal response?
Scientific Guidelines – applicable to any type of scientific research, especially to criminologists.
a. Test ideas against empirical reality without becoming too personally invested in a particular outcome
b. Plan and carry out investigations systematically
c. Document all procedures, and disclose them publicly
d. Clarify assumptions
e. Specify the meaning of all terms
f. Maintain a skeptical stance toward current knowledge
g. Replicate research and accumulate knowledge
h. Maintain an interest in theory
i. Search for regularities or patterns
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word