METHODS OF RESEARCH
BASICFUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
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They provide a set of assumptions and predictions about phenomena that can then be tested by a researcher.
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They help social scientists to attempt to explain the nature of social reality.
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They attempt to establish a link between what we observe (the data) and our conceptual understanding of why certain phenomena are related to each other in a particular way.
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They state that there is no relationship between the two variables being studied.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Theory is integral to research and research is integral to theory. Theory guides the development of many research questions and research helps generate new theories, as well as determining whether support for theories exists.
Detailed explanation-2: -– 1. Help us classify things: entities, processes, and causal relationships – 2. Help us understand how and why already observed regularities occur – 3 . Help us predict as yet unobserved relationships – 4.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three major sociological theories that new students learn about are the interactionist perspective, the conflict perspective, and the functionalist perspective. And each has its own distinct way of explaining various aspects of society and the human behavior within it.