Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Quantitative research has indeed drawn sustained criticism from qualitative researchers, so Assertion A is correct.

Reason R holds that a natural science model is inappropriate for studying the social world, which is a genuine interpretivist position.

Since the unsuitability of the natural science model is exactly the ground of that criticism, R correctly explains A.

The both-correct-but-unrelated option fails because a direct explanatory link exists.

Options rejecting A or R deny the well-documented qualitative critique of positivism.

Interpretivism argues that social action must be understood through the meanings actors attach to it.