Robert merton called for a style of sociology that avoids extremes: it focuses on institutions, not tiny groups or whole societies, and it holds theory and empirical observation in balance. this type of study is called __________ theory.
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.
