Thursday, February 5, 2009

forty eighth

X and Y are terms used by some in the social sciences and the behavioral sciences to refer to two different kinds of data concerning human behavior.

  • X is a description of behavior or a belief in terms meaningful (consciously or unconsciously) to the actor; that is, an X account is culture-specific.
  • Y is a description of a behavior or belief by an observer, in terms that can be applied to other cultures; that is, a Y account is '"culturally neutral".
  • what is X and Y.
  • (cluefully do try to rhyme ethnic)

1 comment:

appu said...

X is emic and Y is etic

check wiki for more infohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emic_and_etic

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