Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The central insight behind unobtrusive measures in historical and comparative investigations is that we can improve our understanding of social processes when we make comparisons to other times and places.
2. Research in which social events of one past time period are studied is known as historical process research.
3. Qualitative historical research tends to be historically specific and narrative.
4. Event structure analysis seeks to identify the underlying structure of an action in a chronology of events.
5. Historical process research can use qualitative or quantitative techniques.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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