Marcel Fredericks
Biographic Data
| ID | 248361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcel Fredericks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcel |
| FAMILY NAME | Fredericks |
| SIGNATURE | FREDERICKS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Health Care Professionals: A Synthesis and Integration of Select Concepts and Theories in the Study of Mental Illness through the Society, Culture, Personality (SCP) Model
The purpose of this article is to present select concepts and theories in the study of mental illness pertinent for health care professionals. The society-culture-personality (SCP) model is examined in relationship to mental illness so that health care professionals are well-informed on the severity of these disorders in order to provide quality care regardless of geographic location. The society-culture-personality (SCP) model is examined in rel…
Social Science Research and Policymaking: Meta-Analysis and Paradox
Mixed Methods and Ontological Commitments
Mixed-Methods and Evaluation Research: Trends and Issues
In this article, the authors attempt an initial exploration of the relevancy of the newly emerging field of mixed-methods research for educational evaluation. They give a brief introduction concerning the intent and variety of mixed-methods designs and models. They focus the analysis on some of the general issues and problems of this emerging field, including the lack of clear-cut procedural rules and differing ontological commitments. However, t…
The Nature of 'Evidence' in Qualitative Research Methods
The article is an attempt to show that a continuing issue in qualitative research methods is describing and justifying how qualitative data become 'evidence' for a claim. Several models from the field of Confirmation Theory are developed and described within the context of a qualitative research example. It is argued that for the qualitative research case, the meaning and application of what constitutes evidence is best viewed in terms of a prima…
Social Science and (Null) Hypothesis Testing: Some Ontological Issues
Naturalistic Inquiry and Reliabilism: A Compatible Epistemological Grounding
In this brief analysis, the authors suggest that naturalistic inquiry as a field must return to a more rigorous interpretation of epistemological issues. The need is highlighted by the fact that ideological and methodological claims are increasingly becoming conflated. This produces a distancing of what is truly at stake: a need to defend a genuine epistemological theory consistent with the aims of naturalistic perspectives and establish some ont…
The Family Resemblance Metaphor: Some Unfinished Business of Interpretive Inquiry
The rapidly expanding discipline of interpretive inquiry, especially in its narrative analysis form, has not been fully cognizant of certain crucial epistemological and methodological assumptions that form the ultimate basis of its purpose. Even after abandoning traditional positivist views, the related disciplines within the human sciences that are engaged in interpretive inquiry have still not discovered the core implicit assumptions that milit…
How Does Grounded Theory Explain
This article argues that the concept of grounded theory, widely used in research in the human sciences, has not been adequately analyzed as to its structure as a theory. Analyzing grounded theory from predictionist and accommodationist views, as well as focusing on the issue of inference to the best explanation, it is concluded that this form of theorizing is basically accommodationist. Moreover, grounded theory, in terms of providing explanation…
Hearing Discordant Voices: Some Notes on Using Bayes's Theorem in Interpretive Inquiry
The focus of these brief comments is to argue that Bayes's theorem may have conceptual and pedagogical applications for qualitative analysis. We suggest that the theorem is a salient alternative voice for the development of sensitizing concepts. It is also proposed that the theorem is a useful heuristic for raising deep-structure issues such as the nature of qualitative evidence and how such evidence becomes confirming for a given claim
Another View of Translation Manuals and the Study of Science
Some comments on the inability of sociology of science to explain science
Truth in Packaging: Teaching Controversial Topics to Undergraduates in the Human Sciences
This article explores the issue of introducing controversial topics to undergraduate students in the human sciences, especially if such topics may raise contradictory views in terms of the core concepts of the discipline. Though such issues may be left for advanced courses, the matter of not introducing them may raise potential ethical concerns for the instructor. This paper argues that controversial topics, given students' backgrounds, ought to …
Some notes on the nature of methodological indeterminacy
A Case for “Qualitative Confirmation” for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
This paper attempts to clarify the meaning and significance of “qualitative confirmation”. The need to do so is related to the fact that, without such a conceptualization, a large portion of the human sciences are relegated to a less than scientific status. Accordingly, “qualitative confirmation” is viewed as a proper subset of traditional confirmation theory. To establish such a case, a general Hempelian framework is utilized, but it is suppleme…
Postpositivistic Assumptions and Educational Research: Another View
This analysis attempts to look again at the major concepts of the “new philosophy of science” in terms of their relevance for educational research. The argument is made that such concepts as underdetermination and incommensurability have limited applicability to many areas of educational research. This is due to the fact that such terms are based on the existence of genuine theories as found in the natural sciences, and the requirements for such …
Perceptions of the Crisis in American Public Education: The Relationship of Metaphors to Ideology
This article analyzes the types of metaphors found in the influential report, A Nation at Risk. The large number of metaphorical statements in a document used to develop long-range social policy for educational reform raises the question of the relationship of these types of statements to the formulation and implementation of policy. It is argued that metaphors are coded messages that are used to justify an implicit ideological stance. In this ca…
Paradoxes, Dilemmas, and Teaching Sociology
idea of a paradox. 5. At this point we generally introduce a sociological example of a dilemma. We do this by introducing an issue, giving relevant background information, developing an argument, and indicating the alternatives that produce the dilemma. Example: American society has many important social problems, one of which is providing for equality of educational opportunity (EEO). One way of trying to provide for EEO has been through busing.…
Some comments on the projectibility of anthropological hypotheses: Samoa briefly revisited
Uses of metaphor: A qualitative case study
This article argues that the analysis of metaphors is a proper and needed aspect of the qualitative research tradition. A brief review is given of some theoretical issues surrounding metaphor. Then an analysis is made of metaphors that were generated by teachers about effective teaching and effective schools. The metaphors are classified and analyzed using several frameworks from the literature on metaphor. An argument is made that metaphors are …
The Use of Conceptual Analysis for Teaching Sociology Courses
This paper is a beginning attempt to introduce teachers of intermediate and advanced sociology courses to the potential benefits of using conceptual analysis as an alternative didactic strategy. The basic framework for this approach is outlined briefly in terms of its foundations in analytic philosophy. The paper then reviews some relevant sociological literature which has incorporated the viewpoint of language analysis (or, alternatively, concep…
Logic and Sociological Arguments: Applications to Undergraduate Teaching
beginning sociology courses. Three sociological arguments are analyzed to determine their logical structure and the validity of their conclusions. Although no claim is made that sociology students need to be trained in formal logic, it is suggested that if instructors make beginning students aware of the importance of critically examining implicit and explicit sociological arguments, later work in theory and methods will benefit. Case Study illus…
Dental Care in Society: The Sociology of Dental Health
The Making of a Physician: A Ten-Year Longitudinal Study of Social Class, Academic Achievement, and Changing Professional Attitudes of a Medical School Class
Willingness to serve: The medical profession and poverty programs
Mixed-Methods and Evaluation Research: Trends and Issues
In this article, the authors attempt an initial exploration of the relevancy of the newly emerging field of mixed-methods research for educational evaluation. They give a brief introduction concerning the intent and variety of mixed-methods designs and models. They focus the analysis on some of the general issues and problems of this emerging field, including the lack of clear-cut procedural rules and differing ontological commitments. However, t…
A Case for “Qualitative Confirmation” for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
This paper attempts to clarify the meaning and significance of “qualitative confirmation”. The need to do so is related to the fact that, without such a conceptualization, a large portion of the human sciences are relegated to a less than scientific status. Accordingly, “qualitative confirmation” is viewed as a proper subset of traditional confirmation theory. To establish such a case, a general Hempelian framework is utilized, but it is suppleme…
Postpositivistic Assumptions and Educational Research: Another View
This analysis attempts to look again at the major concepts of the “new philosophy of science” in terms of their relevance for educational research. The argument is made that such concepts as underdetermination and incommensurability have limited applicability to many areas of educational research. This is due to the fact that such terms are based on the existence of genuine theories as found in the natural sciences, and the requirements for such …
The Nature of 'Evidence' in Qualitative Research Methods
The article is an attempt to show that a continuing issue in qualitative research methods is describing and justifying how qualitative data become 'evidence' for a claim. Several models from the field of Confirmation Theory are developed and described within the context of a qualitative research example. It is argued that for the qualitative research case, the meaning and application of what constitutes evidence is best viewed in terms of a prima…
Some comments on the projectibility of anthropological hypotheses: Samoa briefly revisited
Uses of metaphor: A qualitative case study
This article argues that the analysis of metaphors is a proper and needed aspect of the qualitative research tradition. A brief review is given of some theoretical issues surrounding metaphor. Then an analysis is made of metaphors that were generated by teachers about effective teaching and effective schools. The metaphors are classified and analyzed using several frameworks from the literature on metaphor. An argument is made that metaphors are …
How Does Grounded Theory Explain
This article argues that the concept of grounded theory, widely used in research in the human sciences, has not been adequately analyzed as to its structure as a theory. Analyzing grounded theory from predictionist and accommodationist views, as well as focusing on the issue of inference to the best explanation, it is concluded that this form of theorizing is basically accommodationist. Moreover, grounded theory, in terms of providing explanation…
The Family Resemblance Metaphor: Some Unfinished Business of Interpretive Inquiry
The rapidly expanding discipline of interpretive inquiry, especially in its narrative analysis form, has not been fully cognizant of certain crucial epistemological and methodological assumptions that form the ultimate basis of its purpose. Even after abandoning traditional positivist views, the related disciplines within the human sciences that are engaged in interpretive inquiry have still not discovered the core implicit assumptions that milit…
Paradoxes, Dilemmas, and Teaching Sociology
idea of a paradox. 5. At this point we generally introduce a sociological example of a dilemma. We do this by introducing an issue, giving relevant background information, developing an argument, and indicating the alternatives that produce the dilemma. Example: American society has many important social problems, one of which is providing for equality of educational opportunity (EEO). One way of trying to provide for EEO has been through busing.…
The relationship between social class and national board scores of students in a medical school
Willingness to serve: The medical profession and poverty programs
The Making of a Physician: A Ten-Year Longitudinal Study of Social Class, Academic Achievement, and Changing Professional Attitudes of a Medical School Class
Dental Care in Society: The Sociology of Dental Health
Logic and Sociological Arguments: Applications to Undergraduate Teaching
beginning sociology courses. Three sociological arguments are analyzed to determine their logical structure and the validity of their conclusions. Although no claim is made that sociology students need to be trained in formal logic, it is suggested that if instructors make beginning students aware of the importance of critically examining implicit and explicit sociological arguments, later work in theory and methods will benefit. Case Study illus…
The Use of Conceptual Analysis for Teaching Sociology Courses
This paper is a beginning attempt to introduce teachers of intermediate and advanced sociology courses to the potential benefits of using conceptual analysis as an alternative didactic strategy. The basic framework for this approach is outlined briefly in terms of its foundations in analytic philosophy. The paper then reviews some relevant sociological literature which has incorporated the viewpoint of language analysis (or, alternatively, concep…
Uses of metaphor: A qualitative case study
This article argues that the analysis of metaphors is a proper and needed aspect of the qualitative research tradition. A brief review is given of some theoretical issues surrounding metaphor. Then an analysis is made of metaphors that were generated by teachers about effective teaching and effective schools. The metaphors are classified and analyzed using several frameworks from the literature on metaphor. An argument is made that metaphors are …
Some comments on the projectibility of anthropological hypotheses: Samoa briefly revisited
Perceptions of the Crisis in American Public Education: The Relationship of Metaphors to Ideology
This article analyzes the types of metaphors found in the influential report, A Nation at Risk. The large number of metaphorical statements in a document used to develop long-range social policy for educational reform raises the question of the relationship of these types of statements to the formulation and implementation of policy. It is argued that metaphors are coded messages that are used to justify an implicit ideological stance. In this ca…
Paradoxes, Dilemmas, and Teaching Sociology
idea of a paradox. 5. At this point we generally introduce a sociological example of a dilemma. We do this by introducing an issue, giving relevant background information, developing an argument, and indicating the alternatives that produce the dilemma. Example: American society has many important social problems, one of which is providing for equality of educational opportunity (EEO). One way of trying to provide for EEO has been through busing.…
Some notes on the nature of methodological indeterminacy
A Case for “Qualitative Confirmation” for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
This paper attempts to clarify the meaning and significance of “qualitative confirmation”. The need to do so is related to the fact that, without such a conceptualization, a large portion of the human sciences are relegated to a less than scientific status. Accordingly, “qualitative confirmation” is viewed as a proper subset of traditional confirmation theory. To establish such a case, a general Hempelian framework is utilized, but it is suppleme…
Postpositivistic Assumptions and Educational Research: Another View
This analysis attempts to look again at the major concepts of the “new philosophy of science” in terms of their relevance for educational research. The argument is made that such concepts as underdetermination and incommensurability have limited applicability to many areas of educational research. This is due to the fact that such terms are based on the existence of genuine theories as found in the natural sciences, and the requirements for such …
Truth in Packaging: Teaching Controversial Topics to Undergraduates in the Human Sciences
This article explores the issue of introducing controversial topics to undergraduate students in the human sciences, especially if such topics may raise contradictory views in terms of the core concepts of the discipline. Though such issues may be left for advanced courses, the matter of not introducing them may raise potential ethical concerns for the instructor. This paper argues that controversial topics, given students' backgrounds, ought to …
Some comments on the inability of sociology of science to explain science
Another View of Translation Manuals and the Study of Science
Hearing Discordant Voices: Some Notes on Using Bayes's Theorem in Interpretive Inquiry
The focus of these brief comments is to argue that Bayes's theorem may have conceptual and pedagogical applications for qualitative analysis. We suggest that the theorem is a salient alternative voice for the development of sensitizing concepts. It is also proposed that the theorem is a useful heuristic for raising deep-structure issues such as the nature of qualitative evidence and how such evidence becomes confirming for a given claim
How Does Grounded Theory Explain
This article argues that the concept of grounded theory, widely used in research in the human sciences, has not been adequately analyzed as to its structure as a theory. Analyzing grounded theory from predictionist and accommodationist views, as well as focusing on the issue of inference to the best explanation, it is concluded that this form of theorizing is basically accommodationist. Moreover, grounded theory, in terms of providing explanation…
The Family Resemblance Metaphor: Some Unfinished Business of Interpretive Inquiry
The rapidly expanding discipline of interpretive inquiry, especially in its narrative analysis form, has not been fully cognizant of certain crucial epistemological and methodological assumptions that form the ultimate basis of its purpose. Even after abandoning traditional positivist views, the related disciplines within the human sciences that are engaged in interpretive inquiry have still not discovered the core implicit assumptions that milit…
Social Science and (Null) Hypothesis Testing: Some Ontological Issues
Naturalistic Inquiry and Reliabilism: A Compatible Epistemological Grounding
In this brief analysis, the authors suggest that naturalistic inquiry as a field must return to a more rigorous interpretation of epistemological issues. The need is highlighted by the fact that ideological and methodological claims are increasingly becoming conflated. This produces a distancing of what is truly at stake: a need to defend a genuine epistemological theory consistent with the aims of naturalistic perspectives and establish some ont…
The Nature of 'Evidence' in Qualitative Research Methods
The article is an attempt to show that a continuing issue in qualitative research methods is describing and justifying how qualitative data become 'evidence' for a claim. Several models from the field of Confirmation Theory are developed and described within the context of a qualitative research example. It is argued that for the qualitative research case, the meaning and application of what constitutes evidence is best viewed in terms of a prima…
Mixed Methods and Ontological Commitments
Mixed-Methods and Evaluation Research: Trends and Issues
In this article, the authors attempt an initial exploration of the relevancy of the newly emerging field of mixed-methods research for educational evaluation. They give a brief introduction concerning the intent and variety of mixed-methods designs and models. They focus the analysis on some of the general issues and problems of this emerging field, including the lack of clear-cut procedural rules and differing ontological commitments. However, t…
Social Science Research and Policymaking: Meta-Analysis and Paradox
Sociology (21 works) · Epistemology (19 works) · Philosophy (17 works) · Computer Science (13 works) · Social science (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works)