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
Methods of Social Research C. Empiricism John Locke, 1600s Blank slate (tabula rasa) Born with no K Senses
Methods of Social Research D. Reasoning (penalaran) Objective Uses legitimate data (facts) Makes sense Deductive + - Inductive
Methods of Social Research E. Traits of a researcher See page 206-208