Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Sociology => Topic started by: genevieve1028 on Jul 2, 2018
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What was Weber's view on how one's personal values should affect social research? Has his view been adopted as the standard for all sociological research? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
As diversity in the workplace continues to increase, more than half of U.S. workers include which three groups?
A) older adults, minorities, and women
B) minorities, immigrants, and women
C) immigrants, the Amish, and older adults
D) working class, homosexuals, and young adults
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Answer to Question 1
Weber believed that sociological research should be value free, that a sociologist's values should not affect his or her research. Weber wanted total objectivity, or value neutrality, to be the hallmark of social research. If values influence research, he said, sociological findings would be biased. Bias in research, however, is subject to some debate. Although sociologists agree that no one should distort data, they acknowledge that the values sociologists hold have a certain degree of influence on the topics they study and manner in which they conduct their research.
Answer to Question 2
B