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1 Chapter: Methods of Social Research
Approaches to Scientific Research Positivism Interpretivism Post-modernism Approaches to thinking about society (micro, macro, consensus, conflict) Structuralism Functionalism Marxism Feminism C. Empiricism D. Reasoning E. Traits of a researcher

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3 Methods of Social Research
C. Empiricism John Locke, 1600s Blank slate (tabula rasa) Born with no K Senses

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D. Reasoning (penalaran) Objective Uses legitimate data (facts) Makes sense Deductive + - Inductive

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E. Traits of a researcher See page

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