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Measurability of truth in science occurs within the framework of methodology, which we also define as the science of science. It is often forgotten that science, as an activity of the spirit, rests on the philosophical assumptions that the truth exists, that it can be known,and that it is a value in itself. Bypassing these premises, that is, taking science as a thing that is given, often invokes cyclic phenomena in its spheres, in which not only there is no new knowledge, but old cognitions are constantly recycled, filling columns with rows devoid of substance and form. In addition to focusing on the basic principles of verifiability of scientific thought, in this paper we will try to answer several general questions: What is science? What are the limits of science? What are the expectations of the scientific call and its role in the modern world?

The aim of this paper is to propose and to present the use of statistical quantitative and qualitative research methods in the analysis of film, media and dramatic texts. In order to fulfil the goal, the film Gone Girl (2014) was analysed as a case study by using contrast analysis, analysis of the structure configuration, correlation analysis, distance and factor analysis. Statistical analyses were performed following the 17 characters and the two phenomena, with six variables. The film was analysed as a whole and divided into smaller narrative segments. The results of the analysis show that the application of statistical quantitative and qualitative methods have not led to the trivialization of the problem and the process of concluding, but have helped in discovering the deep layers of the dramatic text instead. Conclusion was drawn that statistical quantitative and qualitative methods should become part of the methodological apparatus in analyses of film, media and dramatic texts.

In this paper, the issues of examining affective well-being in contemporary social research are presented. Affective well-being maybe defined as a balance between experienced positive and negative affects. In the first part of the paper, findings on the nature of affects,their mutual association and some cognitive biases related to self assessment of affective experience are presented. Then, the most commonly used measurement methods are chronologically presented and the advantages and disadvantages of each are highlighted. These include measurement instruments containing only one or more items,instruments for measuring the intensity as well as the frequency and the duration of affective experience, instruments based on self-assessments as well as assessments of other people, and subjective as well as some objective measuring instruments. Also, some cases are presented of extensive international researches involving affective well-being measurements on nationally representative samples. In the final part,some recommendations for further research as well as concluding considerations are derived.

This paper deals with case study research as a qualitative method that has not been much written about in the Serbian sociology. In the first part, the authors discuss the very concept of case study research, its main forms, features and limits. Case study research is especially convenient for researches on a sociologically “unknown” terrain, and one of its main features is the use of numerous qualitative and quantitative data gathering techniques. In the second part of the paper, a methodological analysis of the research the authors conducted using case study method is presented. Differently from some other methods, case study research usually offers a closer contact with the real and live social world.