Policy - A course of action taken by an organisation or individual, Practice - The application of an idea or method, Deductive reasoning - Developing a theory then testing it/researching it, Inductive reasoning - Using research to create/generate a theory, Empirical - Knowledge can only come through direct observation or experience, Objective - Free from bias, factual, measurable, Subjectivity - Personal opinion, up for interpretation, Primary data - Info collected by the researcher specifically for that study, Secondary data - Data collected from someone else, e.g. Government statistics, Replication - Repeating a study to confirm its results, Scientific process - A systematic approach to gaining and verifying knowledge, Research - To investigate something systemically with the aim of demonstrating facts and producing theories,

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