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Write short note : Comparative method in Sociology.

  • UPSC 1994
  • Sociology as a Science

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The comparative method involves systematically examining different societies, groups, institutions, or time-periods against one another to identify recurring patterns, test causal hypotheses, and control for confounding factors — sociology's central technique for approximating experimental control in a discipline where laboratory experimentation on society is impossible or unethical.

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  • Durkheim's Comparative Method in the Study of Suicide
  • Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology of Religion
  • The Method's Function as a Substitute for the Experiment
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