Aleksandr Odincov

The article deals with the problems of sociological research databases closeness. This fact does not allow to integrate effectively the data already available to sociology, and also to use them again. Special attention is paid to the weak potential of formalization and generalization of databases in sociology, which prevents the establishment of a truly effective theory related to empiricism. The low level of formalization in sociology casts science back to the descriptive stage of development, without giving an opportunity to make substantiated informed conclusions.