The student should realize that we are participants in what we study . To investigate a social problem is to become involved.
People create reality as they interact in society .
Realizing that we have biases is important . We have feelings and values. Such feelings and values determine what we study . However, once we have acknowledged our biases, we cannot only report facts that we discover that support our point of view. Defining the problem to be investigated allows subjectivity to creep in.