What role should values play in sociological research ?

Question 1

What are the 4 arguments for this debate ?

Answer 1

Value freedom
Value Relevant
Value-Laden
Value Committed

Question 2

What is value freedom ?

Answer 2

Notion that social research should not be influenced by the researchers beliefs and ideas.

(Associated with the Positivist approach)

Question 3

What is value relevant ?

Answer 3

The view that we cannot avoid having our values influenced in some way.
(Choice of topic for research)

However these must not influence the research conducted.

Question 4

What is Value-Laden ?

Answer 4

We cannot escape our values and shouldn’t try to.

(Associated with interpretivist approach)

Question 5

What is Value Committed

Answer 5

Sociologists must be committed and pick a side.

Should help the underdogs in society.