Threats to objectivity in the social science research
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Date
2023
Authors
Vuković, Milovan
Urošević, Snežana
Dašić, Dejan
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Publisher
University “Union – Nikola Tesla” in Belgrade, Faculty of Sport
Source
Sport, Media and Business
Volume
9
Issue
2
Abstract
Objectivity in scientific research have been a frequently discussed issue in the scientific community given that interpretivist scholars have resisted the crucialrole of the positivist paradigm which d ominates in social sciences as well. This paperseeks to critically consider the main criterion (or principle) of scientific knowledge – objectivity – from the standpoint of social science research. The conducted analysisshows that objectivity is not only the key tenet of quantitative research, but also is equally important in qualitative studies which are used in numerous disciplines. Themain objective of this paper is, in order to avoid various threats to objective rese-arch, to conceptualize this l eading sicentific principle that may enhance the metho-dological quality of science; for example, lack of bias, replicability, reproducibility,etc.
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science, principles of scientific research, objectivity, aspects of objectivity, procedural objectivity, verifiability
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DOI
10.58984/smb2302143v
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ISSN
2956-0780
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CC-BY