NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
SOCIOLOGY
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are microtheorists while interpretivists are macrotheorists
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use case studies while interpretivists use experiments
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use quantitative research methods while interpretivists use qualitative research methods
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study human behaviour using qualitative methods while interpretivists study human behaviour using quantitative methods
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Detailed explanation-1: -Positivism is closely associated with quantitative methods of data collection. Interpretivism is based on the assumption that reality is subjective, multiple and socially constructed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Positivists can test for bias, by replicating their studies. If another researcher can yield similar results in an equivalent study, both can be regarded as reliable. On the other hand, interpretivists argue that objectivity is unhelpful and unlikely.
Detailed explanation-3: -The positivist paradigm starts with an assumption that ‘the truth is out there’. Quantitative methodology, which derives from this, aims to improve validity by ‘careful sampling, appropriate instrumentation and appropriate statistical treatments of data’ (Cohen et al., 2000: 105).
Detailed explanation-4: -Specifically, positivism was traditionally considered to be chiefly associated with quantitative methods, whereas qualitative research tends to be associated with more subjectivist positions of the researchers. However, the positivist paradigm and qualitative methods can coexist in harmony.