How does social science inquiry

Running head: SOCIAL SCIENCE ENQUIRY
Social science enquiry
Name of the Student
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Types of academic writing...............................................................................................................2
Importance of academic writing styles for university purposes......................................................3
Research topic..................................................................................................................................4
How research is used for social enquiry..........................................................................................4
Philosophical underpinnings of positivism......................................................................................5
Philosophical underpinnings of interpretivism................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The field of social science is dynamic in nature in the sense that every new occurrence in
the human society leads to a change in the way the community is perceived. As a consequence of
this, social science requires constant research and social enquiry which would help us to
understand the human lives in a better manner. Such social enquiry can take various forms such
as that of a positivist research or an interpretivist research (Panhwar, Ansari and Shah 2017).
There are different kinds of collection of data also such as that of qualitative data collection and
quantitative data collection. The data once collected is analyzed in the context of the research
philosophy as mentioned before. This is turn, helps the researcher to get a holistic understanding
of the topic which is being researched upon (Ang, Tan and He 2017). The purpose of this paper
is to explore the field of academic writing and determine the different kinds of academic writing
which are used for university purposes. Furthermore, the paper also makes reference to a
research topic and tries to understand how this topic would be explored in the context of the
research philosophical underpinnings.
Types of academic writing
Academic writing is different from a normal essay writing on the grounds that academic
writing tries to discuss on an important issue (Ang, Tan and He 2017). Educational institutions
have the main objective of ensuring the impartation of knowledge to the students which can be
used for improving their standard of living (Dirgeyasa and Hum 2017). In this context, four
kinds of academic writings can be determined.
The first is that of descriptive writing. The purpose of such kind of writing is to provide
factual knowledge to the people who would be reading the paper (Davidson 2019).

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The second kind of writing is that of analytical writing. This refers to the organization of
the descriptive writing in to facts, groups and categories so that the relationship amongst the
information provided can be understood (Ang, Tan and He 2017).
Persuasive writing refers to the provision of one’s own opinion within the writing (Ang,
Tan and He 2017). This enables the readers to understand the point of view of the scholar who
has written the assignment.
Critical writing is the most favored kind of academic writing within the field of social
science (Ang, Tan and He 2017). Critical writing includes the rationalization of the information
which is being accumulated in the assignment. Such information is then analyzed with the aid of
various theoretical frameworks which helps to make practical sense of the information provided.
Importance of academic writing styles for university purposes
Academic writing is essential for the universities and various educational institutions
because of the way they are organized and presented. Every piece of writing contains certain
information (Panhwar, Ansari and Shah 2017). However, the unique characterizing feature of
academic writing is that it presents the information in a logical flow and there is considerable
usage of theoretical frame work. The use of established theories helps to impart validity to the
writing. Furthermore, such academic writings use empirical evidences to substantiate their
assignment which, in turn, ensures reliability to the paper.
In this regard, it can be seen that academic writing has the purpose to impart educational
information to the readers. They are written with a resolution to contribute to the growth of the
available literature in the concerned field of study.