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While we try to describe, predict, and show causal relationships, human beings are not 100% predictable. Social science is the study of human nature, not natural science. 6. Social scientists strive for value-free research. However, 100% value-free research is virtually impossible. Activities 1.
Social scientists recognize human beings are still essentially animals (mammals). indd 45 9/4/2014 6:13:15 PM 46 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH PARADIGMS seek out pleasure (Neuman, 2011). A social scientist typically tries to observe the stimuli occurring outside of the animal (humans). These researchers understand the difficulty (if not impossibility) in isolating everything (phenomena) happening in the brain of an animal (human). As Durkheim (1938) argued, “social phenomena are things and ought to be studied as things” (p.
Why you ask? The existence of God is a matter of faith, and something one cannot empirically observe. indd 42 9/4/2014 6:13:15 PM THE SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC PARADIGM 43 with their research and/or predictions. For a social scientist objectivity is an important thing; many social scientists strive for it in research. For an interpretive or critical/cultural scholar, objectivity is not as much of a concern. All researchers should recognize that the choice of method they make is a subjective choice. An interpretive/critical/cultural scholar relies more on subjectivity.