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(2) Social reality ts inherently meaningful
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|, (4) Patriarchy is common in traditional societies
: ' (5) Hidden structures mask the true nature of social reality
QUESTION 3
Which two of the following statements best describe methodology?
Methodology ..
(a) ts what social scientists discover about the nature of reality
(b) — studies the characteristics of knowledge
(c) 1s the logic on which research ts based
(d) provides social scientists with the necessary know-how for research
In the context of positivism, value freedom implies that ..
pos! tivists to research
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positivists distance thems elves in research from their own values
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c objective findings can be made about social
process
a) the values of the positivist must take precedence In the research
procedures
(e) objectivity ts pursued by using standardised research
_ Match the assumptions embedded in the statements below to the appropriate
, methodological approach
. (a) Values are an integral part of social reality
(b) Social events and patterns of relationships can be predicted by social laws
(c) Researchers should approach social reality in a neutral, value-free and detached
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manner
(d) Social reality is constructed by the purposeful interactions of human beings and can
only be studied with reference to the meanings thus generated
QUESTION6
Sources of information can be both helpful and misleading. Read through the following
scenario
Lion Air flight JT 610 crashed in the Java sea 12 minutes after taking off from Jakarta
airport in October 2018. Multiple news and social networks reported on a
baby ina life
vest that was saved shortly after the plane crashed Many spoke of
this event as a
ce . It was later found that the photo of the baby was actually
18 after a ferry
taken earlier in
sank off the coast of Indonesia's Selayar island.
— Which type of information Source does
the above scenario refer to?
(1) authority
(2) mysticism
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, QUESTION 7
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(1) age
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Which of the following statements are true?
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| (b) one moves from the abstract to the concrete
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(d) abstract statements are derived from concrete evidence
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QUESTION 10
Which of the following statements are true?
Operationalisation .
(a) provides a concept with observable indicators
(b) allows us to see if a concept Is present among the populations we are studying
(c) specifies the direction of causality
(d) excludes the presence of intervening variables
(1) seen PF LR -L9
(2) (b) (c)
(3) ()(d)
(4) (a) (0) (0)
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