Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
The positivist researchers consider reality as
ASubjective
BObjective ✓ Correct
CNeutral
DInsignificant
Correct answer: (B) Objective — Positivist researchers consider reality as objective, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Positivist researchers consider reality as objective, so that is the answer.
★Positivism holds that a single, real world exists independently of the observer.
★So its reality is objective, out there to be measured in the same way by anyone.
★Treating reality as subjective belongs to the interpretivist view, the opposite of positivism.
★Calling it neutral does not capture the positivist claim of a firm external reality.
★Positivists never treat reality as insignificant, so they regard it as objective.
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