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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?
- Linguistics
- Economics
- Anthropology (correct)
- Archaeology
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
- Constructing empirically falsifiable theories
- Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)
- Social critique
- Symbolic interpretation
In what era did the history of the social sciences begin?
In what era did the history of the social sciences begin?
- Victorian Era
- Industrial Revolution
- Renaissance
- Age of Enlightenment (correct)
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for understanding societies?
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for understanding societies?
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What characterizes modern academic practice in social research?
What characterizes modern academic practice in social research?
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