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Author Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987.

Title Objectivity in social research.

Imprint New York : Pantheon Books, [1969]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  300.72 M998O    Check Shelf
Description viii, 111 pages ; 21 cm
Series Wimmer lecture ; 1967
Wimmer lecture ; 1967.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The problem -- A personal note -- Valuations, beliefs, and opinions -- Illustrations of opportunistically distorted beliefs -- Suggestions for opinion research -- Valuations also depend on beliefs -- The importance of the state and other formal institutions -- The role of social science -- Biases in research -- The role of hidden valuations -- Bringing the valuations out in the open -- Terminoligical escapism -- The choice of value premises -- Difficulties and the ways to overcome them -- No moral nihilism -- The respect for life -- The egalitarian principle -- The "proofs" of the principle -- Nature and nurture -- Paradoxes -- Inhabitions and how they are gradually overcome -- Theoretical escapism.
Subject Social sciences -- Research.
Social sciences -- Methodology.
Social sciences -- Research.
Social sciences -- Methodology.
Research. (DNLM)D012106
Social Sciences. (DNLM)D012942
Social sciences -- Methodology. (OCoLC)fst01122933
Social sciences -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01122944
Other Form: Online version: Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987. Objectivity in social research. New York : Pantheon Books, [1969] (OCoLC)579570877
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