Question

Suppose a phenomenon within the social sciences may not be measured objectively—such as attitudes toward the police—but social scientists still develop some agreed-on means of measuring and accepting these attitudes as objective fact. This process is known as:

a. deductive reasoning.
b. intersubjective agreement.
c. hypothesis testing.
d. inductive reasoning.

Answer 1

b. intersubjective agreement

Step-by-step explanation:

"Attitudes toward the police" cannot be considered as an objective subject that can be agreed upon. It is based on individual's personal experience and feelings.

In social sciences, such phenomenons where individual's perspective about a particular topic varies or is different from the rest are agreed upon as an intersubjective topic.

It is generally used to point and contrast the personal experiences of an individual. It is a common agreement between the different views of the people.

Thus though attitudes toward the police is cannot be measured objectively, still social scientist developed some common agreement towards these attitudes as objective fact. Such phenomenon is known as intersubjective agreement in social sciences.

Thus the answer is b. intersubjective agreement.