Theory and Methods - Positivism

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Positivists favour this kind of data.
quantitative
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The process of accumulating data about the world through observation and measurement.
induction
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The process of observing more of the same pattern.
verificationism
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Researchers should be...
detached
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Marxists argue that Offiial Statistics...reality.
distort
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The idea that values can and should be kept out of research
value freedom
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What approaches do positivists favour?
structural
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Durkheim (1897) used...in his study of suicide.
official statistics
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Positivists use...methods to examine cause and effect.
experimental
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Positivist methods are objective and therefore easier to...
analyse
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