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Write short note on Problems of objectivity in sociological research

  • UPSC 2009
  • Sociology as a Science

Objectivity requires that personal prejudices, preferences, or predilections of the researcher not contaminate the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data — a standard Durkheim insisted on when he demanded that social facts be treated "as things," stripped of preconceived notions.

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  • The Standpoint Problem: The Researcher's Own Social Position
  • Reactivity: The Presence of the Researcher Changes What Is Studied
  • Institutional, Funding, and Ideological Pressures
  • The Value-Ladenness of Concept Formation Itself

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