5 Questions
What method do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
Empirically falsifiable theories
Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to as the field of sociology?
Political science
What historical period saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic framework by which individuals understood what was scientific?
The Age of Enlightenment after 1650
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
Symbolic interpretation
What is the modern academic practice where researchers often use multiple methodologies such as combining both quantitative and qualitative research?
'Social Research'
Test your knowledge on various academic disciplines within the field of social science, such as sociology, anthropology, economics, and political science.
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