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committed

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where an approach is open in its support of particular values, usually used with reference to Marxist sociologists, feminist sociologists and those wishing to confront racism and discrimination against people with disabilities

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covert participation observation

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when the researcher joins a group as a full member, and studies them, but doesn’t tell them that he/she is a researcher

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critical sociology

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term used for sociology influenced by Marxism

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Ethics

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refers to issues of moral choices

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hierarchical

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some people are regarded as more important than others

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left realism

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an approach to social problems that argues its better to cooperate with the authorities to solve social problems, even if fundamental social change isn’t brought about

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malestream

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a feminist term implying criticism of traditional sociology for excluding women from the subject both as sociologists and as the subjects of research

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objectivity

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the exclusion of values from research

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positivism

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an approach to sociological research which aims to use the rigour and methods of the physical sciences

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value freedom

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the exclusion of values from research

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value laden

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belief that sociology cannot be value free and that it is a mistake to see it as such