Definitions
Positivists
Interpretivists
Criticalists
Questions
100
This study is a disciplined understanding of human behaviour.
What is a social science?
100
These are the two main functions of positivist research
What is predict behaviour and test behaviour theories
100
Interpretivists wish to provide an adequate reflection of this
What are people's experiences
100
This is the purpose of critical research
What is to improve the social conditions of the oppressed
100
________ would ask the question "What is the relationship between ________ and __________?"
What are positivists
200
The study of the unity and diversity of humanity (and related primates) and of human culture and society from a comparative and global perspective is called
What is anthropology?
200
This term parallels the idea of eliminating all bias from reseach
What is value-free
200
The purpose of an interpretivists research is to do this
What is test grounded theories
200
The values evident in critical research are derived from this
What is theory
200
A ___________ would ask the question, "Is the popularity of __________ rising or falling?"
What is a positivist
300
This social science is defined as the study of human social life, groups, and societies.
What is sociology
300
This is the main type of data collected in positivist research
What is quantitative research
300
Interpretivists require their reseach to be void of this
What is value
300
Critical reseaches use these two designs in data collection
What are qualitiative and quantitative
300
A __________ approach to research would be to ask the question, "What role does __________ have in creating inequalities?"
What is critical
400
This social science is the study of the thought processes and behaviour of humans.
What is psychology?
400
Positivists use these three research designs to collect their data.
What are experiments, surveys, and secondary data analysis
400
Emphasis on verbal descriptions and explanations of human behaviour are both examples of this research design
What is qualitative research
400
In order to collect data, researches use these three main methods
What are comparative studies, in-depth interviews, and analysis of secondary data
400
"What is it like to be ____________?" is a question commonly asked through the _____________ research approach
What is interpretive
500
This term is understood to be a way of living learned over time and shared by groups of people
What is culture?
500
This is the primary method used by positivists when testing their hypotheses
What is the scientific method
500
Interpretive researchers use these three methods to collect their data.
What are participant observation studies, interviews, in-depth analysis of a single event or case
500
Critical researches tend to study this, (as opposed to individual issues)
What are societies
500
A ______________ social scientist would ask, "How does ________ influence people’s lives?"
What is interpretive
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