dc.contributor.author | Jukola, Saana | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-12T04:31:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-12T04:31:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Jukola, S. (2015). Meta-Analysis, Ideals of Objectivity, and the Reliability of Medical Knowledge. <i>Science and Technology Studies</i>, <i>28</i>(3), 101-120. <a href="http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/sts/article/view/55344" target="_blank">http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/sts/article/view/55344</a> | |
dc.identifier.other | CONVID_25574609 | |
dc.identifier.other | TUTKAID_69327 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/51308 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper focuses on the ideals of scientif c objectivity as they emerge in discussions
concerning meta-analyses and medical research. Stegenga (2011) has argued that
meta-analyses fail to be objective because conducting them involves making
judgments. I show that his reasoning is based on the so-called procedural ideal of
objectivity, which can be questioned: this ideal is unattainable and does not capture
some of the problematic issues of medical research. By introducing a case in research
on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, I demonstrate why the so-called social
view on objectivity succeeds better in accommodating 1) the way in which scientif c
research necessarily involves judgments, 2) the possible risks involved in research,
and 3) the inf uence that the institutional context has on research activities. Adopting
this ideal of objectivity helps us better appreciate the virtues of meta-analyses and
pinpoint which practices threaten the reliability of meta-analyses’ results. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | European Association for the Study of Science and Technology; Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Science and Technology Studies | |
dc.relation.uri | http://ojs.tsv.fi/index.php/sts/article/view/55344 | |
dc.subject.other | medical research | |
dc.title | Meta-Analysis, Ideals of Objectivity, and the Reliability of Medical Knowledge | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201609084036 | |
dc.contributor.laitos | Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos | fi |
dc.contributor.laitos | Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy | en |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Filosofia | fi |
dc.contributor.oppiaine | Philosophy | en |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-09-08T06:15:06Z | |
dc.type.coar | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1 | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.format.pagerange | 101-120 | |
dc.relation.issn | 2243-4690 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 3 | |
dc.relation.volume | 28 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © Jukola & Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies, 2015. | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | fi |
dc.subject.yso | meta-analyysi | |
dc.subject.yso | objektiivisuus | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p27697 | |
jyx.subject.uri | http://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p4241 | |
dc.type.okm | A1 | |