Discussion
According to Weber which of the following is not the characteristic of ideal types ?
Answer: B
An ideal type is not a hypothesis.
Max Weber described the ideal type as an analytical construct formed by the one-sided accentuation of certain features of reality, combined into a logically consistent mental picture. It is an abstraction; it is a tool for comparing and measuring actual cases; and in its conceptual purity it cannot be found empirically anywhere in reality. These are the other three options.
Weber said explicitly that the ideal type is not a hypothesis, though it can guide the construction of hypotheses. It is not a statement that can be true or false about the world, but a yardstick against which the world is compared.
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