Regarding Nomothetic and Idiographic Explanations in Science, the Text Concludes

question 5

Multiple Choice

Regarding nomothetic and idiographic explanations in science, the text concludes that:

• A)idiographic explanations are outdated.
• B)nomothetic explanations are better at identifying the totality of causes at work in a situation.
• C)both are equally useful for generalizing to large populations.
• D)neither is inherently better than the other and each provides a valuable, though incomplete, route to gaining knowledge.

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