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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note on Serendipity.

  • UPSC 2010
  • Sociology as a Science

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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