The nature of objectivity in social science

1. objectivity in social science

1.1. complexity and measurement

1.2. Empirical evidence

1.3. interpretive viewpoints

1.4. social models

1.4.1. Comte

1.4.2. Smith

1.4.3. Durkheim

2. Research methods

2.1. Primary sources

2.2. Secondary sources

2.3. Unwitting testimony

2.4. Interviews

2.5. Questionnaires

2.6. Participant observation

3. Different viewpoints within social sciences

3.1. Baron de Montesquieu

3.2. Adam Smith

3.3. Alexis de Tocqueville

3.4. Karl Marx

3.5. Emile Durkeim

3.6. Max Weber

3.7. Ernest Gellner