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positivism and research methods
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- 1who was Durkheim?a positivist
- 2what did Durkheim introduce?social facts
- 3what is a social fact?external social factors which make up societies social structure
- 4what do positivists believe shape individuals expectations?social institutions
- 5what did Durkheim say should be studied as social facts and why?things in nature because they can be observed and measured quantively
- 6what did Durkheim say should not be studied?emotions and feelings of humans because they cant be observed/measured.
- 7what study did Durkheim undertake?study of suicide statistics to establish the social causes of suicide
- 8what do positivists argue what would be the case if we didn't have quanitifcation?lack evidence to replicate findings
- 9what scale of research do positivists use?macro approach
- 10what is a macro approach?large scale research on large amounts of people
- 11name some of the features of doing a macro approach?structured questionnaires, structured/formal interviews and non participant observation
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