Subjectivity

• Subjectivity


  Judgement based on personal impressions and feelings rather than external factors
• Objectivity


  Judgement based on the truth which is also usually known as a fact
• Value freedom


  The notion that social research should not be influenced by the researcher's beliefs and ideas
• Value laden


  Statements that refer to something being in a good or bad way. This may be bias.
• Value-committed


  One who seeks to link academic work to a vision of a better world
• Positivists


  • Think that sociology should be totally value free, it should study observational factors like social facts that can be recorded as quantitative data
• Interpretivists


  • Believe that sociology cannot be value-free because it is the process of humans studying other humans
• Subjectivity is the idea that judgement is based on people's personal impressions and feelings rather than factors
• Objectivity is the idea that judgement is based on truth, otherwise known as a fact
• Value freedom is the notion that social research should not be influenced by the researcher's beliefs and ideas
• Value laden are the statements which make reference to something, whether it is good or bad
• Value-committed is the process of linking academic work to a vision of a better world
• Positivists think that sociology should be totally value free because it should focus on observational factors like social facts that can be recorded as quantitative data
• Interpretivists think that sociology cannot be value free because it is the process of humans investigating other humans
• Sociology has now become 'problem takers' rather than 'problem makers' by hiring themselves to address the problems
• Subjectivity is judgement based on personal impressions and feelings rather than external factors
• Objectivity is judgement based on truth, otherwise known as a fact
• Value laden – statements that refer to something whether it is good or bad
• Value-committed is the process of seeking academic work to link with a vision of a better world
• Positivists think that sociology should be totally value free and it should study observational factors like social facts that can be recorded as quantitative research
• Interpretivists think that sociology cannot be totally value free because it is the process of humans studying other humans
• Gouldner says it is impossible to be totally value free in research because research is ultimately based on who it is carried out by and their personal agenda
• Weber is a social action theorist who claims that sociology should be value free, but it isn't
• Sociologists will use their subjective feeling to identify a topic and stay relevant
• Bierstedt claims that is research is truly objective, it should be independent of any subjective elements which any personal desires may have
• Gouldner says it is impossible to be completely value free because it is ultimately based on who the research is carried out by and their personal agenda
• Sociologists use their subjective feeling to identify a topic and stay relevant
• Bierstedt claims that if research is truly objective, it should be independent of any subjective elements which any personal desires one may have