Question 1

Undertaking social research involves nothing more than “gathering the facts”

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 2

Using data to produce theory is know as...

Accepted Answer

Inductive research

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Ethnographic research

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Deductive research

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Grounded research

Question 3

Which of the following is true in relation to the term Epistemology?

Accepted Answer

It is a way of understanding and explaining how we know what we know

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It is the same as Ontology

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It is only important in relation to qualitative research

Question 4

What is meant by Positivism?

Accepted Answer

Knowledge is arrived at by objectively gathering facts

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Truth and meaning are in the eye of the beholder

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There is only one view of the world

Question 5

Researching the social world is often complicated because:

Accepted Answer

All of these answers

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Obtaining data is reliant upon effective communication skills between the researcher and respondent

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There is no consensus view on the “correct” social scientific method

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Our personal involvement in the social world obscures various cultural and social assumptions.

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