Consider Patulny and Seaman’s (2017) realization that the relationship between mediated contact and social support within key groups (males, older adults, and those lacking education) was only partially supported as the results were mixed and complex. They were concerned that they may have been biased when they formulated their initial expectations. What philosophical approach was illustrated when the researchers determined that the social reality for these groups is more complicated and that researchers must be concerned with their own biases?
a. positivism
b. postpositivism
c. interpretivism
d. none of these
