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Theory consolidation
- Feminism
- Sociology studies should be on a smaller scale as to build a
rapport between client and researcher - avoids 'malestream'
- The point of sociology is that it is bias - you get a better
understanding of the study, therefore it is not value free.
- Interviews would be a preferred method as a rapport is then built on a personal level.
- Some may argue there is too much bias in the interest of avoiding 'malestream'.
- Some may argue there is too much bias in the interest of avoiding 'malestream'.
- Interviews would be a preferred method as a rapport is then built on a personal level.
- The point of sociology is that it is bias - you get a better
understanding of the study, therefore it is not value free.
- Sociology studies should be on a smaller scale as to build a
rapport between client and researcher - avoids 'malestream'
- Realism
- Society is a form of open science, whilst natural science is closed science.
Therefore sociology and psychology can be considered sciences.
- Sociology should be value free, just as any other science
should be value free. Gives the most reliable results.
- Questionnaires - gain the most quantitative results.
- Realism is a contested concept and interpreted in different ways.
- Realism is a contested concept and interpreted in different ways.
- Questionnaires - gain the most quantitative results.
- Sociology should be value free, just as any other science
should be value free. Gives the most reliable results.
- Society is a form of open science, whilst natural science is closed science.
Therefore sociology and psychology can be considered sciences.
- Interpretivism
- Sociology should be on a smaller
scale, so the data is valid. Too complex to be a science.
- Since the studies of a qualitative method are on a
smaller scale, they will not be value free.
- Unstructured observationsare a good method of qualitative data.
- Lacks scientific rigour. Lack of reliability. Too subjective and value laden.
- Lacks scientific rigour. Lack of reliability. Too subjective and value laden.
- Unstructured observationsare a good method of qualitative data.
- Since the studies of a qualitative method are on a
smaller scale, they will not be value free.
- Sociology should be on a smaller
scale, so the data is valid. Too complex to be a science.
- Positivism
- Sociology is a science - it can and should follow
the same procedures as natural science.
- Studies should be value free as studying humans is a
form of science. Preference of quantitative data.
- Structured observations is a method of quantitative data, allows value free results.
- Too scientific and gives little reason for trends that are spotted.
- Too scientific and gives little reason for trends that are spotted.
- Structured observations is a method of quantitative data, allows value free results.
- Studies should be value free as studying humans is a
form of science. Preference of quantitative data.
- Sociology is a science - it can and should follow
the same procedures as natural science.
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