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Summary positivism and interpretivism differences

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POSITIVISM INTERPRETIVISM

Objective Subjective

Macro Micro

Sociology is a science Sociology is not a science

Favoured methods: Favoured methods:
Questionnaires Unstructured interviews
Secondary data Ethnographic research
Non-participant observation Focus groups
Primary data

Most important: Most important:
Being reliable + representative will collect Validity should be prioritised
scientific data The views of the researched are vital
Science = facts
Validity = inevitable

Strengths of positivism: Strengths of interpretivism:
Reliable Valid
Representative Rapport
Scientific Vertehen
objective No researcher imposition



TRIANGULATION

Mixed method/methological pluralism: sociologists use more than one method in research
- can be qualitative and quantitative
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