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Theory and Methods - Coggle Diagram
Theory and Methods
Positivists
Society shapes the individual - 'society consists of 'social facts' which exercise coercive control over individuals' - Durkheim
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Require research to be valid, reliable and representative
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Interpretivists
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We are intricate and complex and different people experience and understand the same 'objective reality' in different ways.
The point of research is to gain in-depth insight into the lives of respondents and gain an empathetic understanding of why they act in the way they do.
Sociologists need to use non-scientific methods to see the world through the eyes of the actors doing the acting.
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