Which Early Social Scientist Stressed the Use of Social Facts

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which early social scientist stressed the use of social facts and quantitative methods and laid the foundation for the functionalist perspective in analyzing data?

• A) Karl Marx
• B) Émile Durkheim
• C) Howard Becker
• D) Edwin Lemert

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