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Empirical research in social sciences is associated with:
(a)Fictional narratives
(b)Positivist philosophy
(c)Historical artifacts
(d)Religious practices

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Important Questions on Teaching Aptitude
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(a) Research is broad rather than specialised.
(b) We can afford to ignore theory for the sake of 'just the fact.
(c) Lots of different things qualify as research.
(d) Theory and practice can be kept separate.
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There are two sets given below, (List-I) consists of methods of research, and (List-II) indicates their procedural characteristics. Match the two sets and choose your answer from the codes given below:
List-I (Research methods) | List-II (Procedural characteristics) |
(A) Experimental method | (i) Interventions to ameliorate a given situation |
(B) Ex-post facto method | (ii) Explaining patterns of behavior in terms of meanings and their representations which people share |
(C) Descriptive method | (iii) Manipulating an independent variable in controlled conditions and measuring its effect on a dependent variable |
(D) Symbolic interactionism | (iv) Depending on primary and secondary sources of data |
(E) Action research | (v) Obtaining information concerning the current status of phenomena |
(vi)Observing the effect on dependent variables and making probes into factors/ variables which explain it |
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(vii) Exegetic analysis |
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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Believe 1: They believe in science and scientific methods as the only source of knowledge.
Believe 2: They advocate that science can only concern itself with scientific questions.
Believe 3: They have a strong hostility towards religion and metaphysics.
Which philosophy is being discussed here?

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Assertion (A): A critical realist believes that there is a reality independent of our thinking about it that science can study.
Reason (R): This is in contrast with a subjectivist who would hold that there is no external reality – we’re each making this all up.
Study the two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
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Statement 1: It holds the view that science and scientific methods are the only source of knowledge.
Statement 2: It has a strong belief in religion and metaphysics.
Statement 3: It concerns itself with empirical questions.
Which of the above statements are true? Select your answer using the codes given below:

