NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Value neutrality, as described by Max Weber, is the duty of sociologists to identify and acknowledge their own values and overcome their personal biases when conducting sociological research.

Detailed explanation-2: -Max Weber (1919) Researchers’ personal values must influence their choice of the topic of research. However, the values of the researchers must not affect the research methodology. Sociologists must define the exact stages of the research practice where bias could come into play.

Detailed explanation-3: -Value freedom Some sociologists argue that staying value free is impossible because sociologists are humans studying other humans. Some even go so far as to say that it is desirable to use their values to improve society.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Positivist Sociologists such as August Comte and Emile Durkheim regarded Sociology as a science and thus thought that social research could and should be value free, or scientific.