Problem badawczy

• Authors: Rak Joanna , Bäcker Roman

Title variants

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Research problem

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

A problem is a question which concerns some lack of knowledge. A number of research problems types may be distinguished. The questions about facts are fundamental. However, they are particularly significant in natural sciences. In social sciences (e.g., what is the structure of the ruling elite in prerogative states?) their significance is considerably smaller. Then, there is the type of classificatory questions, i.e., these questions relate to the distinctive features of the class of beings, phenomena of facts fulfilment by being, phenomenon or fact. Indeed, the questions about relations between dependent and independent variables are the most prevalent in social sciences. The last type of questions is formulated on the basis of the model of antinomic behavioural ideal types. This type is characterized by the high extent of applicability to research (i.a., qualitative analyses). It is useful because offers frameworks to determining distances between being/phenomenon/ fact and its behavioural ideal type.

Keywords

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research problem; types of problems; Linneus; Weber

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 5(36)
• Pages: 155-164

Contributors

author

Rak Joanna

• Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

author

Bäcker Roman

• Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/Politeja.12.2015.36.09