Quotation: "undistorted by emotion or personal bias".
> If you want to use an unusual definition of a word ...
I just proved that I am using the definition of the word. If you're not happy with what dictionaries have to say on this issue, then begin a campaign to change the meaning of "objective".
> There is no point disputing definitions.
So stop doing that. I'm not disputing the accepted definition, I'm simply posting it. Copy, paste.
All the definitions of objectivity describe a property of the experimenter, not the method.
A method can be biased too. Take, for example, the estimator S^2 = (1/n) sum (x[i]-mean(x))^2. This is a biased estimator of the standard deviation, but nevertheless it is objective. It is not influenced by the state of the experimenter at all.
Personal bias contradicts objectivity, but not all bias is personal bias.
Feel free to conflate all errors under one label - those of us who care about getting our measurements right don't have that luxury.
What distinction do you think you're making? Theasuri list synonyms and antonyms. Also you're mistaken:
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/objective
Quotation: "not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased: an objective opinion."
Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/objective
Quotation: "undistorted by emotion or personal bias".
> If you want to use an unusual definition of a word ...
I just proved that I am using the definition of the word. If you're not happy with what dictionaries have to say on this issue, then begin a campaign to change the meaning of "objective".
> There is no point disputing definitions.
So stop doing that. I'm not disputing the accepted definition, I'm simply posting it. Copy, paste.