Social Science Overcomes the Reliance on Tradition or Unquestioning Respect

question 16

Multiple Choice

Social science overcomes the reliance on tradition or unquestioning respect for authority by:

• A) Using systematic procedures for selecting individuals to study that are representative for the groups to which we hope to generalize
• B) Using explicit criteria for establishing causality
• C) Requiring systematic measurement and sampling
• D) Using empirical evidence
• E) Answering questions from an ego-based commitment

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Definitions:

Milligrams

A unit of mass in the metric system equal to one thousandth of a gram.

Grams

A metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram, widely used in science and everyday measurement.

Liters

A metric unit of volume equal to one cubic decimeter (dm^3), commonly used to measure liquids and other volumetric quantities.

Milliliters

A unit of volume in the metric system, equivalent to one thousandth of a liter or approximately 0.034 fluid ounces.