Social Scientific Research Is Conducted in a Variety of Ways

Social scientific research is conducted in a variety of ways. Three broad and interrelated distinctions underlie many of the variations of social scientific research: 1) idiographic and nomothetic explanations, 2) inductive and deductive reasoning, and 3) quantitative and qualitative data. Sometimes these distinctions are described as alternative ways to conduct research. However that's misleading, ______.

A) because criminal justice researchers rarely use all variations of social science research.
B) because criminal justice researchers only sometimes use all variations of social science research.
C) because criminal justice researchers often use all variations of social science research.
D) because criminal justice researchers never use all variations of social science research.