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Write short note on Serendipity.

  • UPSC 2010
  • Sociology as a Science

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Robert Merton introduced the serendipity pattern into sociological methodology to describe how research sometimes generates fresh theory not by confirming what was set out to be tested, but by encountering a finding nobody expected.

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  • The Three Defining Features
  • Serendipity Is Not Mere Accident
  • An Illustrative Example
  • Its Place in Merton's View of Theory and Research
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