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  2. Data collection system - Wikipedia

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    Data collection system (DCS) is a computer application that facilitates the process of data collection, allowing specific, structured information to be gathered in a ...

  3. Empirical sociology - Wikipedia

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    Empirical sociology is therefore the view that sociology should be based on data gathered from our senses rather than abstract object theory. [14] Positivism initially looks like empiricism, but positivism is, at some level, the belief that social issues should be studied using the methods of the physical sciences .

  4. Sociology - Wikipedia

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    Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.

  5. AGIL paradigm - Wikipedia

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    The four functions of AGIL break into external and internal problems, and further into instrumental and consummatory problems. External problems include the use of natural resources and making decisions to achieve goals, whereas keeping the community integrated and maintaining the common values and practices over succeeding generations are considered internal problems.

  6. OSI model - Wikipedia

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    The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is a reference model from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that "provides a common basis for the coordination of standards development for the purpose of systems interconnection."

  7. Sociology in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Sociology is the methodological and scientific study of human society.It studies the social interactions between a person and society as well as the social patterns between societies, groups, nations, institutions, etc. [1] Sociologists research the relationships between social structures and human lives.

  8. Echo chamber (media) - Wikipedia

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    An echo chamber is "an environment where a person only encounters information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their own." [1]In news media and social media, an echo chamber is an environment or ecosystem in which participants encounter beliefs that amplify or reinforce their preexisting beliefs by communication and repetition inside a closed system and insulated from rebuttal.

  9. Chicago school (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago school is best known for its urban sociology and for the development of the symbolic interactionist approach, notably through the work of Herbert Blumer.It has focused on human behavior as shaped by social structures and physical environmental factors, rather than genetic and personal characteristics.