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Match each of the following concepts to the correct description:

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Methodology

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Epistemology

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Ontology

A.
The procedures of science and its rigorous, systematic documentation. This includes the processes of observing and documenting phenomena, theorizing and testing hypotheses to establish validity, and eventually drawing informed conclusions about a certain event based on these iterative processes.

B.
Concerned with the nature of things – what makes “things”?

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The science of knowing – how we come to “know” things. Within the social sciences, ontology may also refer to “systems of knowledge” that influence human behaviour, and that structure the researcher’s understanding of phenomena.

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Here is the correct matching of each concept to its description:

  • Methodology
    A. The procedures of science and its rigorous, systematic documentation. This includes the processes of observing and documenting phenomena, theorizing and testing hypotheses to establish validity, and eventually drawing informed conclusions about a certain event based on these iterative processes.

  • Epistemology
    C. The science of knowing – how we come to “know” things. Within the social sciences, ontology may also refer to “systems of knowledge” that influence human behaviour, and that structure the researcher’s understanding of phenomena.

  • Ontology
    B. Concerned with the nature of things – what makes “things”?