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Explain the meaning of the following terms/words :
(i) Antithesis (ii) Thesis
(iii) Synthesis (iv) Variable
(v) Bureaucracy (vi) Organic Analogy
(vii) Capitalism
(ii) Thesis : Original state / theme / proposition.
(iii) Synthesis : A resultant of interaction between thesis and antithesis.
(iv) Variable : A social factor such as age, social class etc. which can be observed to affect other measures, such as income level.
(v) Bureaucracy : Type of organisation in which administration is based upon impersonal, written rules and a hierarchy of offices.
(vi) Organic Analogy : Comparison made to show a degree of similarity between living organs.
(vii) Capitalism : Free economy operating according to market forces (e.g. demand and supply etc.), private ownership (i.e. factors of production, such as land, factory, capital, means of transportation and communication etc.
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Write in short the meaning of the following terms/words :
(i) Ideal Type
(ii) Latent Functions
(iii) Integration
(iv) Ideographic
(v) Functionalism
State the limitations of historical method.
Discuss how the historical method can be explained through Karl Marx’s description of class conflict.
Write the short the meaning of the following terms/words :
(a) Validity
(b) Structured Interview
(c) Respondents
(d) Subjectivity
(e) Schedule
(f) Secondary Data
(g) Structural Interview
What is meant of the following terms/words :
(a) Case Study
(b) Close - Ended Questions
(c) Coding
(d) Rapport
(e) Reliability
(f) Community Study
(g) Concept
(h) Control Group
(i) Questionnaire
Write the short the meaning of the following terms/words :
(a) Non-Participant Observation
(b) Methodology
(c) Field Study
(d) Interview Bias
(e) Generalization
(f) Interview
(g) Independent Variable
(h) Selection
Write in brief the meaning of the followings :
(i) Participant Observation
(ii) Open-ended Questions
(iii) Corporative Analysis
(iv) Dependent Variable
(v) Observation
(vi) Documents
(vii) Experimental Group
What should be done to know the nature of society ? Why is it difficult to know it ?
Distinguish between a response and a datum.
The observation is possible in the following four ways :
(i) Participant Observation
(ii) Participant as Observer
(iii) Observer as participant, and
(iv) Observer as Observer
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