conditions in order to discover facts about them and to formulate laws and principles
based on these facts. Therefore, managing bioresources conservation and livelihood
development unlike other three methods of knowing, the knowledge generated
through method of social science is amenable to testing. In social science, knowledge is acquired using scientific method, i.e., body of techniques for investigating
phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating
previous knowledge. It is based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable
evidence, subject to the principles of reasoning. Scientific researchers propose
specific hypotheses as explanations of natural phenomena, and design experimental
studies that test these predictions for accuracy. These steps are repeated in order to
make increasingly dependable predictions of future results. Scientific advance to
manage bioresource conservation and livelihood development theories that
encompass wider domains of inquiry serve to bind more specific hypotheses together
in a coherent structure. This in turn aids in the formation of new hypotheses, as well
as in placing groups of specific hypotheses into a broader context of understanding.
Among other facets shared by the various fields of inquiry is the conviction that the
process must be objective so that the scientist does not bias the interpretation of
sociological advancement to manage bioresources conservation and livelihood
development methodological issues in results or change the results outright. Another
basic expectation is that of making complete documentation of data and methodology available for careful scrutiny by other scientists and researchers, thereby
allowing other researchers the opportunity to verify results by attempted reproduction of these results. This also allows statistical measures of the reliability of the
results to be established. The scientific method also may involve attempts, to achieve
control over the factors involved in the area of inquiry, which may in turn be
manipulated to test new hypotheses in order to gain further knowledge of managing
bioresources conservation and livelihood development.
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and Livelihood Development
The sociological scientific approach has been developed with a set of methodological issues and assumptions that cannot be proved. This will also help in
understanding the superiority of scientific method over other methods to manage
bioresources conservation and livelihood development. The nature is orderly and
regular. The basic assumption of scientific approach is that there exists a definite
regularity and order in the nature. Example could be that of atmospheric changes
that lead to distinct pattern of climate, i.e., winter, summer, and rainy season. We
can know nature. Human mind is capable of knowing nature and also itself. It can
understand, comprehend, analyze, interpret, and infer. Knowledge is superior to
ignorance. The state of knowledge is a relative term to manage bioresources conservation and livelihood development. What we know today may be disproved
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based on these facts. Therefore, managing bioresources conservation and livelihood
development unlike other three methods of knowing, the knowledge generated
through method of social science is amenable to testing. In social science, knowledge is acquired using scientific method, i.e., body of techniques for investigating
phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating
previous knowledge. It is based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable
evidence, subject to the principles of reasoning. Scientific researchers propose
specific hypotheses as explanations of natural phenomena, and design experimental
studies that test these predictions for accuracy. These steps are repeated in order to
make increasingly dependable predictions of future results. Scientific advance to
manage bioresource conservation and livelihood development theories that
encompass wider domains of inquiry serve to bind more specific hypotheses together
in a coherent structure. This in turn aids in the formation of new hypotheses, as well
as in placing groups of specific hypotheses into a broader context of understanding.
Among other facets shared by the various fields of inquiry is the conviction that the
process must be objective so that the scientist does not bias the interpretation of
sociological advancement to manage bioresources conservation and livelihood
development methodological issues in results or change the results outright. Another
basic expectation is that of making complete documentation of data and methodology available for careful scrutiny by other scientists and researchers, thereby
allowing other researchers the opportunity to verify results by attempted reproduction of these results. This also allows statistical measures of the reliability of the
results to be established. The scientific method also may involve attempts, to achieve
control over the factors involved in the area of inquiry, which may in turn be
manipulated to test new hypotheses in order to gain further knowledge of managing
bioresources conservation and livelihood development.
3 Social Science Research for Bioresource Conservation
and Livelihood Development
The sociological scientific approach has been developed with a set of methodological issues and assumptions that cannot be proved. This will also help in
understanding the superiority of scientific method over other methods to manage
bioresources conservation and livelihood development. The nature is orderly and
regular. The basic assumption of scientific approach is that there exists a definite
regularity and order in the nature. Example could be that of atmospheric changes
that lead to distinct pattern of climate, i.e., winter, summer, and rainy season. We
can know nature. Human mind is capable of knowing nature and also itself. It can
understand, comprehend, analyze, interpret, and infer. Knowledge is superior to
ignorance. The state of knowledge is a relative term to manage bioresources conservation and livelihood development. What we know today may be disproved
68
B.K. Narayana Swamy and Y. Nagaraju