Positivism

Question 1

What is positivism

Answer 1

Positivism is the name for the scientific study of the social world. Its goal is to formulate abstract and universal laws on the operative dynamics of the social universe.

Question 2

Concept of positivism/interpretivism in research methods.

Answer 2

While positivism tries to generalize everything and relate it to universal law, interpretivism focuses on how people interpret the world differently based on the condition and try to understand a context.

Question 3

Characteristics of Positivism

Answer 3

• it is said to be objective in naature
• they try to be neutral and discover the truth rather than being guided by their values.
• they are objective so their research is unbiased.
• they favour experiments, as these are typical methods used in natural sciences.
  -they tend to used social surveys and questionnaires, which also is quantitative data.