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Which academic discipline was the original 'science of society' in the 19th century?

  • Anthropology
  • Political Science
  • Economics
  • Sociology (correct)

What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?

  • Methods based on social critique
  • Methods resembling those of the natural sciences (correct)
  • Methods based on empirically falsifiable theories
  • Methods based on symbolic interpretation

Which academic discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories?

  • Economists
  • Interpretivist social scientists (correct)
  • Anthropologists
  • Political Scientists

In modern academic practice, what do researchers often do in terms of methodologies?

<p>They are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which academic discipline is not mentioned as one of the branches of social science?

<p>Physics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which academic discipline was the original 'science of society' in the 19th century?

<p>Sociology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which method do positivist social scientists use for understanding society?

<p>Methods resembling those of the natural sciences (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which academic discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories?

<p>Interpretivist social scientists (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do modern academic researchers often do in their practice?

<p>They are eclectic, using multiple methodologies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which academic discipline is NOT mentioned as part of the wide array of social science disciplines?

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