Value freedom
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- Created by: Rhianna Hall
- Created on: 13-06-14 17:38
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- value free
- can
- scientists subj v's cannot affect their research
- some bel possible & desirable to keep out
- Comte/ Durkheim
- saw socio as sci pursuit of truth - obj - keeps v's out - socio should produce facts - improve soc
- Funct don't express any val commitments in their research
- Funct look @ obj facts - can be val free
- data collection & hyp testing - must be obj when coll facts
- e.g. no leading q's - once coll, can use to test hyp - v's stay out
- scientists subj v's cannot affect their research
- cannot
- backgrounds & careers
- socio backgrounds inf their choice of topic 7 how they interp data - further own careers - censor own findings - fear of losing job
- fundings & careers
- research = funded by someone - sources inc gov - those who pay control the dir it takes - e.g. cig companies
- Gouldner
- value free soc = imp - either socio own v's or paymasters are bound to refl in their work
- value free soc = undesirable - without v's to guide research, socio merely selling services to highest bidder
- c's & socio as citz
- findings have affects of people's lives - should be mindful & not act as detached beings
- can't ignore moral ob of our findings
- findings have affects of people's lives - should be mindful & not act as detached beings
- paradigms
- gives us basic framework of assumptions - tells us what to expect - set of norms - socialised to accept it
- Marx
- studying historical materialism could reveal facts about how to imp soc - need our v's
- backgrounds & careers
- should
- researchers should be detatched & obj
- should not show feelings - should not inf research
- socio deals w/ people - is always danger that res may contaminate w/ bias
- desire to appear sci - wants to id facts - job = discover truth
- POMO
- hold relativist view of knowl - no truth is superior to another
- one who claims truth = meta-narrative
- all knowl = based on us
- V's & interp of data
- facts need to be set in theoretical way so can und their sig & draw conc
- need to be explicit so others can see if uncons bias is present in interp of data
- facts need to be set in theoretical way so can und their sig & draw conc
- researchers should be detatched & obj
- should not
- Becker
- if socio is inf by v's then they must inev take sides
- if don't then take side of powerful - should take side of underdog
- less known - deserve a voice - should use qual method e.g. PO
- if don't then take side of powerful - should take side of underdog
- EVAL
- Gouldner crit Becker for taking romantic approach to disadv groups
- feels socio should just describe world of underdog
- Gouldner crit Becker for taking romantic approach to disadv groups
- if socio is inf by v's then they must inev take sides
- Marxists, fem & interpretivists argue for 'committed socio' -
- some arg v's are imp & should be present in socio research
- Myrdal - socio should spell our v's & openly take sides by prom v's & interests of particular indiv's
- e.g. fem take sides of women
- Myrdal - socio should spell our v's & openly take sides by prom v's & interests of particular indiv's
- some arg v's are imp & should be present in socio research
- Becker
- can
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