A method usually means the logical process or a systematic procedure used in discovering or demonstrating the truth. From a broader view, the scientific method also represents a particular attitude and a perspective to look at the world in order to obtain verifiable knowledge. It represents a philosophy, a theory and a programme to see […]
Assumptions of Scientific Method and Its Goals in Politics
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Steps for Discovering Truth through Scientific Method
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There are certain steps for discovering truth through scientific method. But their number is not fixed. George A. Lundberg has mentioned four stages: (i) Formulation of working hypothesis; (ii) Observation and recording of data; (iii) Classification and organisation of the data collected; and (iv) Generalisation. Pauline V. Young has described them as six: (i) Precise […]
Uses of Scientific Method in Political Science
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It can be reasonably expected from the use of scientific method that it would generate inter-subjectively transmissible generalisations to Political Science which would further lead to the development of an explanatory ‘theory’. It could discover laws of principles of political behaviour in a definite, objective, general, valid and reliable manner. Knowledge based on scientific generalisations […]