Can sociology be value free?
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- Created on: 23-01-17 11:36
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- Can sociology be value free?
- Interpretivist (Weber)
- Cannot be value free
- Should be value relevant
- Sociologists will use their subjective feelings to identify a research topic and concepts they feel are relevant.
- Subjective (Biased)
- According to Weber, there is a 'meaningless infinity' of facts.
- Positivism
- Sociology should be totally value free
- Comte says that sociologists should 'watch don't judge'
- Objective view (unbiased)
- Sociology should look at social facts, that can be recorded as quantitative data so correlations can be identified between variables
- Sociology should be totally value free
- Values in the research process: 1. choosing which topic to research 2. getting funding 3. choosing a research method
- 4. Operationalizing key concepts 5. interpreting findings 6. recording responses 7. selecting appropriate questions
- 8. Selecting which findings to include in the report 9. Deciding what report will be used for 10. Deciding where report will be published
- Values in the research process: 1. choosing which topic to research 2. getting funding 3. choosing a research method
- 4. Operationalizing key concepts 5. interpreting findings 6. recording responses 7. selecting appropriate questions
- 8. Selecting which findings to include in the report 9. Deciding what report will be used for 10. Deciding where report will be published
- 8. Selecting which findings to include in the report 9. Deciding what report will be used for 10. Deciding where report will be published
- 4. Operationalizing key concepts 5. interpreting findings 6. recording responses 7. selecting appropriate questions
- Values in the research process: 1. choosing which topic to research 2. getting funding 3. choosing a research method
- 8. Selecting which findings to include in the report 9. Deciding what report will be used for 10. Deciding where report will be published
- 4. Operationalizing key concepts 5. interpreting findings 6. recording responses 7. selecting appropriate questions
- Postmodernism
- There is no longer a unifying truth that we all believe in, there are just a number of truths or theories for us to pick.
- Sociology cannot be value free
- Cannot be objective because we are all trying to pick a theory.
- Interpretivist (Weber)
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