Robert Merton's Modern Sociological Theory Focused on Attempting to Predict

question 27

Multiple Choice

Robert Merton's modern sociological theory focused on attempting to predict how certain social institutions function between microsociology and macrosociology.This is known as:

• A) midrange theory.
• B) a compromise.
• C) applied theory.
• D) postmodernism.

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