positivists Flashcards
1
Q
what approach do they take
A
macro approach
2
Q
what should sociology be
A
natural sciences - biology
3
Q
which data is prefered
A
quantitative data
4
Q
how can it be analysed
A
statistically and measured for trends and cause and effect relationships
5
Q
what does it produce
A
social facts
6
Q
researchers/reserach should be
A
-detached
-objective and value free
7
Q
what do they focus on
A
high reliability
8
Q
their primary methods
A
questionnaires, formal interviews, field experiments, content analysis
9
Q
their secondary method
A
statistics
