1 The work of these Greek philosophers was pioneering, influenced researchers throughout Europe, and became more profound, particularly during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the time of the .
2 The school of thought that emerged in England and which strengthened the image of empirical research methods to the extent that for some writers it is taken to be the forerunner of modern empirical research is .
3 The philosopher who formally introduced empirical research within the theory of positivism is .
4 Comte named the phenomena which were posited or given in direct experience and resulting from scientific observation and scientific method .
5 Comte’s theory was positivism, the methodology he introduced was the positivist methodology, and the methods he considered appropriate for conducting social research were the .
6 In Comte’s positivism, knowledge was to be gained only through .
7 The research that is concerned with the discovery of knowledge and with the increase of scientific understanding of the world is called .
8 The research model that studies the same sample or different samples on more than one occasion is called
9 Social impact studies, action research, evaluation research, and cost-benefit analysis are a few examples of the research known as .
10 The research that involves the stakeholders in its process and which applies the findings to solve practical problems in a social situation, aims to improve the quality of life of people, and takes action to ensure that recommendations resulting from this research are implemented is called .
11 The research that focuses on the life of women, is conducted by women, on women and for women is called .
12 The type of research that is employed to assess the suitability, relevance and effectiveness of certain programmes is known as .
13 The type of research that is set to establish a relationship between variables so that when one variable occurs, the other will also occur is called .
14 The type of research that aims to explain social relations or events, to advance knowledge about the structure, process and nature of social events, to link factors and elements of issues into general statements, and to build, test or revise a theory is called .
15 The research which is undertaken to provide a basis for further research, for example to define certain concepts, to formulate hypotheses or to operationalise variables, or to just gather rich information on issues about which there is little known, is called .