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Which academic discipline was the original 'science of society' in the 19th century?
Which academic discipline was the original 'science of society' in the 19th century?
- Political science
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Sociology (correct)
What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?
What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?
- Methods based on cultural analysis
- Methods based on social critique
- Methods resembling those of the natural sciences (correct)
- Methods based on symbolic interpretation
Which academic discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
Which academic discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
- Political scientists
- Interpretivist social scientists (correct)
- Anthropologists
- Economists
In modern academic practice, what do researchers often do in terms of methodologies?
In modern academic practice, what do researchers often do in terms of methodologies?
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Which academic discipline is not mentioned as part of the wide array of disciplines encompassed by social science?
Which academic discipline is not mentioned as part of the wide array of disciplines encompassed by social science?
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