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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
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Chapter 3
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Short Answer Questions
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Instructions: In your own words, answer or explain the following. Your answers can serve as a brief summary for chapter 3.
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1. What is a scientific explanation?
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2. What are the two basic ways in which theories differ from hypotheses?
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3. How does the claim that two sorts of events are correlated differ from the claim that they are related as cause to effect?
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4. What is the difference between a proximate and a remote cause?
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5. Briefly state what are the basic features of the following types of explanation:
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a. Cause and Effect
b. Causal Mechanics
c. Underlying Processes
d. Laws
e. Function
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6. What is Occam’s Razor and how does it apply to competing explanations?
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7. What does it mean to say that certain elements of a description are theory-laden?Â
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