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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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