abstracted empiricism

noun

a term created by C. Wright Mills to describe sociological work that has a high focus on empirical methodology, particularly work that fixated with survey methods and their quantifiability.

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Meanings

nounabstracted empiricism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesa term created by C. Wright Mills to describe sociological work that has a high focus on empirical methodology, particularly work that fixated with survey methods and their quantifiability.
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