Disagreement

Objectivity Attainable Or Value-Laden

The Practice of Social Research holds Rigorous method yields genuine researcher objectivity — bias can be controlled and findings made neutral (Babbie, Coolican, research fundamentals); The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process holds Inquiry is irreducibly value-laden and paradigm-dependent — objectivity is a claim, not an achievement (Crotty, philosophy of science).

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