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Methodology is a set of procedures for a person to observe, think and solve problems. It is usually determined by the world outlook rather than epistemology.

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Maybe the epistemology is  a basis for  methodology that it is very important . But I think epistemology  and methodology are different. Epistemology is more personal and subjective, with more room for exploration and development. Methodology, on the other hand, is more concrete and goal-oriented.

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Maybe epistemology has a great influence on methods and methodology. But I'm not sure. Because methodology is a universal method used to explore and understand things, it is a manipulable, directional, and actual idea. The purpose of epistemology is to approach the real situation of knowledge, so the conclusions drawn are conceptual and not necessarily actual.

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Ontology and epistemology are related to but different from each other. Ontology explores the origin and matrix of the world, while epistemology is the knowledge mastered by individuals.
In general, there is an epistemology as there is an ontology.

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Epistemology is the philosophy of knowledge and is important in research because it influences how researchers frame their research in their attempts to discover knowledge. Basically, epistemology is the guidance on methodological choices, which means it Influences methodology. Methodologies justify methods, and methods produce knowledge, so methodologies have epistemic content, and in turn, the choices of method can also reflect epistemology.

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In my opinion, the epistemology certainly influences choice of  methodology and method, as it is a basis belief of knowledge source, underpinning structures awareness of this natural world and supporting people find out more potential clue from this reality.

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Actually, I don't think so. Indeed, epistemology is the theory of knowledge, and it can affect our choice of methodology. However, there are also many other factors that influence our options on methodology, such as the existing experience of researchers and their ontological positions. Therefore, to my understanding, epistemology can affect methodology to a large extent, but cannot determine it.

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I think epistemology has a great influence on the choice of methodology. Because epistemology affects social scientists' understanding of social reality and this infuence extends to the choice of research methods for specific issues.

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Epistemology mainly includes beliefs about the structure and essence of knowledge, and beliefs about the source and judgment of knowledge, as well as the regulation and influence of these beliefs in the process of individual knowledge construction and knowledge acquisition. Epistemology is the integration of theories, which provides logical thinking for methods and influences the generation of actions. Method reflects epistemology, which is the basis of epistemology.

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I am pretty sure epistemology can affect the choice of methodology and methods. When we decided to conduct our researches though one of methodologies, there must be some epistemological and ontological promises. For example, if we use questionnaires in our researches, we must have an commitment to epistemology compulsorily in our research. Therefore, each research methods and methodologies involve epistemological and ontological commitments, and those methods and methodologies reflect the relationships between different points about social reality, which is associated with epistemology.

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Epistemology can determine methodology, because epistemology allows people to understand and access new things, and then to study them through appropriate methodologies on the topics covered by different epistemologies.

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I think epistemology determines methodology and method, because epistemology can lead to someone know what is knowledge and how to get it, epistemology can provide guidance on methodologies and methods.

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Epistemology is the basis of methodology, which determines the formation of methodology. And you have to know something well that you can have some clear ideas to do something.

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In my opnion, ontology makes people realize that the universe has an unknowable ontology, while epistemology makes people discover the essence of cognitive structure, helps people change cognition, and explores the infinite and unknowable field of cognition.

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I think ontology is a philosophical theory that explores the nature or substrates of the world, and allows us to understand the nature of things. Epistemology is primarily the knowledge of how humans know the world and themselves, and how to distinguish between the objective and the subjective worlds. The connection between the two, I think, is that ontology is the outcome in our cognition, and epistemology is the process and the method in our cognition.

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Ontology is the basis of epistemology. Ontology studies the theory of the real world. What exists in this world. However, It's  about knowledge about the world. The study of epistemology includes the possibility, limitation, structure, origin and verification of knowledge. So epistemology is based on ontology.

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This is mainly the difference between the substance itself and the information obtained.
It is a philosophical theory that inquires into the origin or substratum of the world.

Being is usually translated in two different ways in the Chinese context, one is "is" and the other is "existence".Epistemology is the theory that helps and guides people to understand and solve problems. Epistemologies are not all logically derived from words; what is important is that they prove to be more effective in practice.

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Social and science means paying attention to specific topics related to the world, such as poverty, fashion, etc.
Focus more on special events in the world.

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Basically, ontology is the theory of reality, which is about how we view the world. The two key ontological positions are objectivism and subjectivism. While epistemology is the theory of knowledge, which is about how we should investigate the world. Two main perspectives for knowing are positivism and interpretivism. Objectivisim is directly linked with positivism and subjectivism is linked with interpretivism.

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The relationship between ontology and epistemology is both interrelated and different. Interconnection refers to the relationship between decision and being decided. Generally speaking, what kind of ontology there is is what kind of epistemology. Materialist ontology usually produces materialist epistemology. Scholars who believe in materialist ontology usually adhere to foundationalism and objectivity epistemology, while idealist ontology scholars oppose foundationalism and adopt subjectivism epistemology.

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The relationship between ontology and epistemology is manifested in the epistemology of the kind of ontology. Epistemology needs to be understood through epistemology. Therefore, the study of the ultimate nature of all reality is the ontology, and the study of how to know is called the epistemology.

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Their link is that objective and subjective are main points hovering on both of them. Ontology is focusing on thinking over reality world and observing rules, based on epistemology method of deeper understanding in knowledge nature or universal rules.

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Epistemology and ontology inextricably intertwined through objectivism and subjectivism. We firstly have to know what the reality is and then to learn how we can obtain it.

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Ontology is theory of reality that examines the nature of reality and asks what kinds of things exist in the world. And epistemology is theory of knowledge and how to get knowledge. When we have known what exist, we will intend to find more, so epistemology is based on ontology and expand from it.

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First you have to know the reality,to know what is in it and how it looks like, so this process is ontology.Then you have to know how you can know things about and how to gain knowledge, this stage is called epistemology. Ontological position is directly linked with objectivist epistemological position.

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Ontology is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge. Ontology is concerned with the nature of reality, while epistemology is concerned with the nature of knowledge. Epistemology is our way of understanding the reality.

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Epistemology pays more attention to the views expressed by knowledge and understanding, but ontology pays more attention to the views and cognition expressed by itself. Both are a combination of ideas

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Epistemology focuses on the essence of knowledge, the possibility, source and method of studying knowledge. Ontology is the ultimate essence of exploring the origin of the world. This essence also needs to be understood through epistemology. And connecting this theory with subjective knowledge leads to the epistemological position, which is called interpretivism. That's the link

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Mixed-methods offers a better understanding of research topics, rather than single methodology.And it is possible to better comprehend and thus improve the effectiveness of reasoning.
We can expand our thinking, discover new methods and models for studying problems, and even find other problems in the process.

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The mixed-methods research refers to the combination of several different research methods in one study. Mixed-methods research allows for the study of more complex issues, which are more comprehensive and in-depth.

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The mixed method can combine quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct research on specific propositions, conduct comprehensive system analysis, and have a good grasp of most details.

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Mix method combinats and integrats the qualitative and quantitative methods in the same study. It is more complicated than the monomethods. Using mixed methoed can help researchers to address innovative problems

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Mix method can better understand the research problems and complex phenomena. it's combine the two methods, namely quantitative method and qualitative method.

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Mixed methods research can combine quantitative research with qualitative research, give play to their respective advantages, make up for deficiencies. At the same time, it provides more understanding of data, makes up for the shortcomings of a single research method, is conducive to measuring different aspects of research problems, also good for detecting complex problems, and improves the credibility of research findings from a single method.

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Mixed methods researches entail two different research methods, trying to obtain results from various approaches. Therefore, it can increase value and promote the research topic in the area of expertise. But it also can provide an better understanding of research questions and social phenomenon, and Motivate researchers to address innovative problems.

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Mixed methods research combines quantitative and qualitative approaches in a single research study so it provides a study with the advantages of both quantitative and qualitative data, and provides a better understanding of research problems and complex phenomena than either approach alone.

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Mixed methods research can motivate researchers to recognize and solve innovative research problems in business research, and help them acquire more methodological skills. Mixed methods research has promoted the development of research topics in the business field.

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Mixed-method can provide more possibility for researchers to have different try on both of quantitative and qualitative methods getting more valued information and data.

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Mixed methodology can get results obtained from different methods (quantitative and qualitative) have the potential to enrich our understanding of targeted problems and questions. In this regard, mixed methods research may add value and contribute to advance our research topics in the researching fields.

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Mixed methods research has many benefits. First, Mixed methods research can process the priority of issues and data collection. Secondly, Mixed methods research is very good for integrating problems, especially in dealing with business problems and so on.

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The mixed methods research method can combine the advantages of the two methods, which can give full play to the advantages of qualitative research and quantitative research simultaneously.

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Compared with using the two methods alone, the main advantage of mixed method research is the combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, which can better understand the research problems and complex phenomena, and find the most appropriate method for investigation and research.

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Using a mixed methods research  in a study can make it more comprehensive. The combination of qualitative and quantitative methods is subjective and scientific, and the conclusion is more accurate.

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1.Research moethods can help us to solve the unknown areas we want to explore, let us get conclusions and solve problems so as to generate new knowledge research, which is very important in education and science.
2.Research methods can help us decide which approach to use to solve problems more efficiently.

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1.The research learning approach can better provide a rapid learning environment for researchers.
2. This allows the researcher to find the methods and arguments of interest more quickly.
3. It will give a complete idea for the whole idea.

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By studying research methods, researchers can learn how to explore a topic of interest. Also it helps understand how to collect and analyse data. Studying research methods can help recognise high quality and poor quality research.

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It's important because
1. when we as a researcher, we need to know what is the next step to explore the theme that you are interested in.
2.we can get information that how to collect and analyze the data.
3.We can identify what is a high-quality report and what is a low-quality report.

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1. Research methods give us a way to think about problems from different angles and come up with research solutions.
2.Different topics need different research methods, so it is particularly important to choose the right research methods, which can better facilitate us to do research, collect materials and information.
3.It helps us to distinguish high quality and poor quality research.

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Here are some reasons for the significance of learning methods.
1. It can give some of the research choices to study a topic of interest.

2. It helps you understand how to collect and analyse data.

3. It will show you the overview of how to research a topic.

4. It helps you distinguish the poor and high quality research.

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Studying research methods can help us better grasp the key points of the article when reading the article, and have a deep understanding of what methods the article uses to verify our own problems. At the same time, it also provides us with an understanding of how to collect and analyse data. Furthermore, it can trains us in recognizing high quality and poor quality research. That's why I think study research methods is important.

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It could offer some of the research options to study a subject of interest. It lets you learn how to gather and interpret data. It's going to show you an outline of how to study a topic. It allows you to differentiate between low and high-quality studies.

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It can introduce you to some of the options, lets you know how to collect and analyze data and trains you to recognize high quality and low quality research

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It helps you clarify good/bad research.
Let you get critical thinking.
Help you collect and analyse data.
Structure research.

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Because learning research methods is benifit for us to do the research more effectively. Using corrective and adoptive research method can help us aquire accurate outcome from the research.

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Learning research methods can help researchers conduct research more accurately, and use the results obtained by research methods to support research conclusions.

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Learning research methods can help us better analyze and compare the problems we want to study, and make the research results more accurate. Sometimes different findings can be obtained through different research methods, which is of great significance to the research results.

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1 Studying research methods introduces you to some of the choices that you as a researcher have for exploring a topic of interest.

2 It also provides you with an understanding of how to collect and analyse data.

3 In addition, training in research shows what the overall process of researching a topic looks like -- from choosing a research question, to writing up your findings.

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The word of crime does not exist naturally in our society. The definition of crime is set by human. So, it's important for us to define what behavior is crime. Crime is usually refer to some bad behavior that can be hurt some people. If this person hurts the other people and threaten the public. This person will be received punishment. Therefore, the criteria for defining crime are particularly important. Once we have this standard, it will be beneficial for the government to better protect social security.
For researcher, they can get a standard criteria to do research. it's effective and efficient.

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1.Because in  different countries have different laws, and different cultures lead to  definitions of some crimes.So how to define the crime is very important.You can not be a person or a country think you are a crime, then you must be in the crime, need to define to have a conclusion.
2.We need to study the definition of crime that we are to be able to judge the right ,and wrong of a matter more clearly. So that the law and human knowledge can be better.

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How to define crime is very important because it is related to how to determine punishment. With clarity of the definition of crime,  punishment in a criminal case can be determined more precisely.
With clear definition of crime, the reseachers can better study criminal cases, which helps prevent more crimes from happening in future.

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1. Crime is a really complicated concept, which means it can be defined in multiple dimensions. To some extent, if we make it wrong, an innocent person will get to prison or get a harsh punishment, and the true criminal will escape from the gap of law. That's why we need to measure the crime and improve the law with morality and ethics.
2. If we figure out the definition of crime, researches could be based on that. But the definition of crime obviously wouldn't remain constant because of the variable social norms, so the researchers have to investigate the true and latest crime.

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Crime means somebody breaks the law, and it would be punished by law. And the definition of crime can decide whether people’s behaviors are crime or deviance, it can truly change people’s lives. And this definition is connected moral, social equality, and authority. Then, the differences between definitions lead objectives of research change. The extent of punishment to a criminal will differ with a person who has deviant behaviors.

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Actually, it is important to define crime clearly. We need some standards to measure whether people’s behavior is correct. In some crimes, criminals are likely to find a scapegoat in order to escape responsibility, so that the crime cannot be truly punished. As an old saying goes, the law will not wrong a good person, nor let off a bad person.

Researchers must be more professional in researching crime than ordinary people. I think define crime not only can help them to research how to decrease social crime rate, but also better distinguish that what is crime and what is deviance. All crime is deviant behavior, but not all deviant behavior is crime. In conclusion, it can help the country to maintain social equity better.

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Crime and deviant behavior are very close, only by establishing the standards of crime can we identify who is a criminal and who is committing deviant behavior.
Defining a crime can help researchers study the characteristics of a crime and identify the perpetrator in a crime.

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1.Because this can help us understand which behaviors are crimes, so that we can better abide by the law, and also help us protect our rights. Defining crime can help society function normally.
2.After researchers understand the definition of crime, they can find suitable research objects and discover the relationship between criminal behavior and sociology. For example, studying criminal psychology can help reduce the rate of social crime.

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Because crime is a type of human behaviour which strays from rules of normal society and may causes bad offensive even lethal results. Certain law policies that have clear definition about crime can prevent most of these events.
There are many differences existing between deviance and crime for researcher to investigate hard. First, crimes belong to deviance itself and not vice versa, how to definite them in a right way needs more thoughts; second, the meaning of deviance is more inclined to social morality ethic, but crimes are more like bigger deeper mistakes that have to be constrained by law in different time or particular place, so researchers have many variables to think about.

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1.Because how to define whether a person commits a crime involves a country's culture, people's perception and moral bottom line of things, as well as the influence and consequences of the behavior, etc.We have to judge the person according to whether his behavior meets the standards of the local law.If a country does not have the knowledge of the law and the behavior of restraint, the society will be out of order and become worse.
2.Crime is legally binding, and deviance is morally reprehensible.

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Crime links to the law of countries, and the influence of crime is bigger than deviance. Making crime is breaking the law which must be punished by the specific form of laws. But deviance is not attached to the law but morality. You maybe lose your friends and ostracize from family due to deviance. Deviance breaks the deadline of morality and society.

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Because crime needs to be punished by law, crime has a certain negative impact on human or society. Some things are immoral, but not illegal. Breaking the law is more serious than breaking the morality

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Actually, I believe that while income level and poverty are related, income level is not the only factor in poverty.  Poverty is more of a broad social phenomenon, and it not just related to income level. Sometimes the factors that may make people poor do not stem from their own income levels, but from the people themselves , government policies , and so on.

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Making money for the poor is like pouring water into a broken bucket. The amount of water (their disposable money) in the bucket is not only related to the amount of water (income) they poured into the bucket, but also related to the hole (expenditure) in the bucket.
The price of living in the city, the burden of consumption, the impact of natural disasters all may lead to a person's poverty.

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In my opinion, poverty has a great relationship with income, and the amount of income may determine whether to be poor. There are of course many other different measures of poverty, such as health, education and living standards. Poverty is also about ethics and some inevitable disasters. For example, if rich people encounter natural disasters such as earthquakes, or get involved in wars. Therefore, it is not accurate to use income to determine poverty.

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Poverty can be measured by many ways so the income level is just one of them. Also, there are two most commonly used concepts of poverty: absolute poverty and relative poverty, and relative poverty actually depends on how wealthy a society is. Therefore, the measurement of poverty cannot be based just on incomes.

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In my opinion, there are two main reasons. One is that poverty is not only related to income level, but it is also affected by major emergencies such as diseases and disasters.

Another point is that poverty is  a relative concept, which is affected by a specific context.

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In my view, the definition of poverty can be divided into two parts. The first one is physical poverty, which means a person's income level is below the minimum level, and he is hardly make a living, such as no place to live in, unemployed, starving, etc. The second one is mental poverty, that is to say, one is lack of knowledge, empty-minded, passive and pessimistic, etc.

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Personally, I think poverty is not only defined by income level. Actually, one is material poverty, it means that people get low salary so that cannot guarantee the basic needs of life. The other is mental poverty. Obviously, from the perspective of education, for example, if a country cannot meet citizen’s educational needs and improve their knowledge ability, it’s also poverty.So I think this definition is not accurate.

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Actually, poverty is an abstract concept. So, it be divided into two type. Absolute poverty and relative poverty. Therefore, I think the problem is we cannot say that below the minimum income is poverty, because another type is relative poverty. It's higher than minimum income, but it still is poverty.

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Poverty is defined not only in relation to income, but also in relation to other resources such as food, clothing and shelter. If a person does not have these resources to maintain life, he can be defined as poor.

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This definition is too absolute for granting the influence of incomes, which is only one aspect of poverty. Poverty is a broad concept and a constant social phenomenon, including many different and particular circumstances.

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Because although income has a great impact on poverty, it is not the only determinant. The problems of income, expenditure and cost of living will also affect poverty. Some people's income is not low, but they have to bear heavy living pressure and family pressure. So this is a questionable definition.

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Obviously, Income is quite a massive dimension, which is related to poverty. However, there are a large number of different standards to measure poverty like health, education and living standards. Most people who suffered different kinds of deprivation couldn't be able to create their own living conditions by themselves, which is not about money and wealth. Thus, Income is not entirely accurate to measure poverty

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Because poverty is divided into absolutely poverty and relative poverty. Absolute poverty refers to the inability to meet the basic survival needs, and relative poverty refers to the inability to reach the average level of a region. And low income is just one factor that can lead to poverty.

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In my opinion, poverty is not only associated with income levels, but also related to ethics, moral and some unpreventable disasters. For example, if wealthy encounter a natural disaster, like an earthquake, or if they are involved to a war, they could lose everything they have and get into poverty. Meanwhile, if these rich guys maintain their property without ethics and moral, they could also go bankrupt. I think poverty presents a social group who are struggling with deprivation, but the group members can change their situation by themselves. Thus, I think this point that poverty is linked to income levels is not comprehensive.

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Social science is the study of various phenomena in human society by using scientific methods. In other words, to understand the world around us in an objective way

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As for me, Social science is kind of a subject which I am going to learn. Bur it's not only a genernal displine, but also a interaction between the community and human. After the development in thousands of years, we can know how the human works with the community, the environment and the planet and how the society evolves according to scoial science.

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1.Social science is associated with exploration of reasons why people’s behaviour and interaction influence around the world as well as of ways to make society and world a better place.

2.Social science is an interpretation of human society, which is generated in the process of social progress, and encompasses a broad coverage of subjects that promote theoretical learning.

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1.Social science means we should be aware our county's society and other society all over the world.

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social science is the study of society and human interaction, and it originated from natural science.

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Social science is a widely used in many areas research which includes economics,education etc, mainly focusing on understanding how humans behave and interact.

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1. The study of interaction between human and society.
2.The study of changes of human behavior and how it impacts on our society, instead the influence of society on human beings.

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1.Social science means using a variety of research methods to develop and perfect a body of knowledge about the structure and activities of human society, and to seek or improve human well-being and social welfare.

2.Social science is a discipline about human and society.

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I think social science explain how people interact with each other, behave, and influence the world.

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To me, social science is a method to gain a better understanding of the social world we are living in and of the people around us. It is a way to observe people, to improve our lives, and to know how people from different cultural backgrounds interact.

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Q: What does 'social science' mean to you?
A: I think it's a comprehensive subject, including people‘s behavior, politics and economy. Besides, it's related to our lives, communities and the world.
Furthermore, I suppoes social science can improve our living standard. According to its study, we can get to know why some people are deprived and reduce poverty.

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1 Involve human how they can be influenced by, and benefit from, new developments that are made in other sectors in society。

2 Social science is the explanation of outcomes and developments in the social world be that in the economics or politics or whatever sphere you are interested in.  How the social world works, how it fits together.

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Why is it important to study research methods?

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Why do you think it matters how we define crime? What difference does it make for the researcher?

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What does 'social science' mean to you?

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What is mixed methods research good for?