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Which academic discipline was originally referred to as the 'science of society'?
Sociology
What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?
Methods resembling those of the natural sciences
Which social science discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation?
Interpretivist social scientists
In modern academic practice, social science researchers are often:
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Which branch of science is devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies?
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Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
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What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?
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In addition to sociology, social science now encompasses a wide array of academic disciplines, except:
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What do interpretivist social scientists use, as opposed to constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
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In modern academic practice, researchers are often eclectic, using multiple methodologies by combining both:
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