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Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
- Economics
- Anthropology (correct)
- Human geography
- Linguistics
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
- Interpretivist methods
- Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)
- Speculative methods
- Quantitative methods
In what historical period did the history of the social sciences begin?
In what historical period did the history of the social sciences begin?
- Victorian era in the 19th century
- Renaissance period in the 14th century
- Industrial Revolution in the 18th century
- Age of Enlightenment after 1650 (correct)
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for constructing theories?
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for constructing theories?
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What characterizes modern academic practice in social research?
What characterizes modern academic practice in social research?
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