Reading Assignment #1 Assignment Type Points Possible: 50 Projecrs            Define th ...

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Reading Assignment #1 Assignment Type Points Possible: 50 Projecrs            Define the following key terms.            Attributes                                            Induction            Deduction                                           Nomothetic            Dependent variable                           Replication            Idiographic                                          Theory            Independent variable                         Variable            Hypothesis                                         Interest Convergence           Macrotheory                                       Microtheory            Null hypothesis                                 Operational definition            Operationalization                            Paradigm            Answer the following research questions. Identify a social problem that you feel ought to be addressed and  solved. What are the variables represented in your description of the  problem? Which of those variables   would you monitor in determining  whether the problem was solved? How might social research be useful to such professionals as  physicians, attorneys, business executives, police officers, and  newspaper reporters? Select a social problem that concerns you, such as war, pollution,  overpopulation, prejudice, or poverty. Then use one of the paradigms in  this chapter to address that problem. What would be the main variables  involved in the study of that problem, including variables that may  cause it or hold the key to its solution? What in your own words, is the difference between a paradigm and a theory?