SCLY4 Science and Suicide

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These researchers favour the use of quantitative data
Positivists
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A type of suicide which occurs due to too little integration
Egoistic
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A type of suicicde which occurs due to too much integration
Altruistic
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A type of suicide which occurs due to too little regulation
Anomic
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A type of suicide which occurs due to too much regulation
Fatalistic
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Atkinson (1978) says that a suicide is only an act which has been ........ as such
labelled
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This theorist argues that suicide is determined by the negotiation of interested parties
Douglas
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Interactionists favour ........... data
qualitative
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This Realist theorist rejects suicide statistics and looks for causes of suicide
Taylor
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Becker (1961) argues that sociology should be neither scientific nor value-free, but instead be supportive of the "......."
underdog
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.......... says there is no single process called "science"
Feyerabend
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Heisenberg (1927) states that all research is shaped by .......
culture
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........ argues that whilst total value-freedom is impossible, it should still be aimed for nevertheless
Gouldner
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Popper states that, for something to be a science, it should testable and ..........
falsifiable
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Postmodernists argue that science is just another claim to ....., so it doesn't really matter if sociology is scientific or not
truth
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Quantitative data is based on .......
numbers
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Qualitative data is based on ....
text
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.... says that scientists defend rather than test their theories
Kuhn
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Qualitative data is ....., meaning that is detailed and accurate
valid
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Quantitative data is ........, meaning that it is a method that can be repeated
reliable
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