Robert merton called for a style of sociology that avoids extremes: it focuses on institutions, not tiny groups or whole societi

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Robert merton called for a style of sociology that avoids extremes: it focuses on institutions, not tiny groups or whole societi

es, and it holds theory and empirical observation in balance. this type of study is called __________ theory.

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Fofino [41] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-12T01:31:02+03:00

This type of study is called <span>Midrange theory.

</span><span>Midrange theory is aimed to answer specific phenomanons on smaller cale within a social group rather than aiming it to large societal scale.
Currently, this type of theory is the most dominant approach in sociological research because trying to analyze a large-scale phenomenon is very hard due to the amount of factors involved.</span>