Exam 1: Approaches to Methods

The goal of explanatory research is to:

Along with Karl Marx, which figure contributed to the development of the critical approach:

According to Durkheim, a social fact is an example of:

A mechanistic model is one that asserts behaviour:

The pure researcher does not attempt to:

The positivistic approach to the social sciences is most like:

The independent variable is the one which is:

A source of spuriousness variable:

A unit of analysis is:

Pure researchers wish to:

The dependent variable is the one which is:

To positivist social scientists, truth is:

By Verstehen, Weber meant:

Qualitative research differs from quantitative research in that:

A prominent figure in the development of the interpretive approach was:

Descriptive research emphasizes:

Quantitative research is characteristic of:

An intervening variable is one which:

The focus of critical research emphasizes: