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Which academic discipline is considered one of the branches of social science?

  • Physics
  • Musicology
  • Anthropology (correct)
  • Botany

What method do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?

  • Methods unrelated to scientific principles
  • Methods based on social critique
  • Purely speculative methods
  • Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)

When did the history of the social sciences begin?

  • After 1650, in the Age of Enlightenment (correct)
  • Before 1000, in ancient civilizations
  • Before 1500, in the Middle Ages
  • After 1800, in the Industrial Revolution

What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for constructing theories?

<p>Social critique or symbolic interpretation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do modern academic researchers often conduct their studies?

<p>By using multiple methodologies, such as combining quantitative and qualitative research (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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