There are a number of sociologists that suggest that sociology should be as value free as possible. There sociologists are usually from a positivist packground who want sociology to be a science:
- Positivists want sociology to be a science which means being strictly objective to the subject matter
- This reflects the ideas behind the traditional physical sciences
- These structuralist theorists suggest that society is a separate entity which may be studied objectively. They use statistical data from a range of sources to establish 'social facts' which should accurately reflect society
- Positivists claim that personal oppinions should be easily kept out of sociolgical research providing the research is designed properly
- Research is either confirmed or falsefied by repeating research
- Peter Saunders - declaired his own viewpoint but designed his research to avoid this issue.
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