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CHAPTER

                2            SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION










                             TOPICS DISCUSSED

                             THE HALLMARKS OF SCIENCE
                             • Purposiveness
                             • Rigor
                             • Testability
                             • Replicability
                             • Precision and Confidence
                             • Objectivity
                             • Generalizability
                             • Parsimony
                             LIMITATIONS TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT
                             THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE AND THE HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE
                               METHOD OF RESEARCH
                             THE SEVEN STEPS OF THE HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE METHOD
                             • Observation
                             • Preliminary Information Gathering
                             • Theory Formulation
                             • Hypothesizing
                             • Further Scientific Data Collection
                             • Data Analysis
                             • Deduction
                             OTHER TYPES OF RESEARCH
                             • Case Studies
                             • Action Research


                             CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

                             After completing Chapter 2 you should be able to:
                             1. Explain what is meant by scientific investigation, giving examples of both
                               scientific and nonscientific investigations.


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