Social Scientific Research Is Conducted in a Variety of Ways

question 2

Multiple Choice

Social scientific research is conducted in a variety of ways. Three broad and interrelated distinctions underlie many of the variations of social scientific research: 1) idiographic and nomothetic explanations, 2) inductive and deductive reasoning, and 3) quantitative and qualitative data. Sometimes these distinctions are described as alternative ways to conduct research. However that's misleading, ______.

• A) because criminal justice researchers rarely use all variations of social science research.
• B) because criminal justice researchers only sometimes use all variations of social science research.
• C) because criminal justice researchers often use all variations of social science research.
• D) because criminal justice researchers never use all variations of social science research.

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