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15 cards from this deck
View that sociology can model itself on natural sciences using quantitative methods
Positivist using quantitative methods to discover social laws
Observe, form hypothesis, gather data, establish laws
Researcher's beliefs shouldn't influence research/results
Patterns caused by society's structure, external to individual
Rejects objective science; seeks meanings via qualitative methods
Understanding (interpretivist term)
Science based on proving theories wrong, not verification
Shared framework agreed by members in science
Big stories/theories (postmodernist term for grand theories)
Can't be value-free in topic choice but objective in research
Sociologists should be 'committed' not morally neutral
Side with 'underdog' (working-class, labelled groups)
Study society in open systems where variables can't be controlled
Suicide stats based on coroners' subjective opinions, not objective
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