Beginning in the 1920s in American sociology, largely at the University of Chicago, the discipline of sociology began to transform in what way?
A) There was a stronger attempt to make theoretical speculations more generalizable.
B) There was a stronger attempt to ground sociological concepts and theories in facts and data.
C) Sociological findings were increasingly applied to business and industry.
D) Sociology began to look more like an art than a science.

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The discipline began to transform by making a stronger attempt to ground sociological concepts and theories in facts and data, which is reflected in the emergence of empirical research methods and data-driven studies. This shift was largely driven by the influence of scholars such as Robert Park and Ernest Burgess at the University of Chicago, and it marked a departure from the more speculative and theoretical approach that had dominated early sociological thinking.

Beginning in the 1920s in American Sociology, Largely at the University