Statistics and Probability Have Always Been Value-Laden: An Historical Ontology of Quantitative Research Methods

Volume: 167, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 18
Published: May 27, 2019
Abstract
Quantitative researchers often discuss research ethics as if specific ethical problems can be reduced to abstract normative logics (e.g., virtue ethics, utilitarianism, deontology). Such approaches overlook how values are embedded in every aspect of quantitative methods, including ‘observations,’ ‘facts,’ and notions of ‘objectivity.’ We describe how quantitative research practices, concepts, discourses, and their objects/subjects of study have...
Paper Details
Title
Statistics and Probability Have Always Been Value-Laden: An Historical Ontology of Quantitative Research Methods
Published Date
May 27, 2019
Volume
167
Issue
1
Pages
1 - 18
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