Topic 1. The Framework of Social Science

I. The Goal of Science

II. The 3 Criteria for Causality

III. In-Class Assignment: Finding a Statistical Relationship

IV. Competing Epistemologies

V. Limitations of Science

VI. Theories

A. Definition

B. Criteria for Evaluation

C. Development of Theories

i. In-Class Assignment: Induction and Deduction

D. Revision, Rejection, and Confirmation