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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?
- Anthropology
- Political Science
- 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 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?
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?
In modern academic practice, what do researchers often do in terms of methodologies?
Which academic discipline is not mentioned as one of the branches of social science?
Which academic discipline is not mentioned as one of the branches of social science?
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?
Which method do positivist social scientists use for understanding society?
Which method do positivist social scientists use for understanding society?
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?
What do modern academic researchers often do in their practice?
What do modern academic researchers often do in their practice?
Which academic discipline is NOT mentioned as part of the wide array of social science disciplines?
Which academic discipline is NOT mentioned as part of the wide array of social science disciplines?
