Interpretivists and positivists

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  • Created on: 07-06-17 12:07

Interpretivists

  • Interpretivists claim that there is no objective social reality, just the subjective meaning
  • undercover people's meanings, and worldview 
  • open-ended research
  • qualitative data 
  • valid 
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Positivists

  • Measurable objective social reality 
  • research is discovering underlying causes of behavior 
  • standardised methods 
  • Patterns and trends 
  • cause and effect 
  • quantitative 
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