A Value-Free Sociology: Myth or Fact

Do you agree that sociology is in fact value-free? Can sociology be value-free in the first hand? If so, to what extent can it be value-free? These questions have been surfacing in the world of sociology and have been causing numerous theories and assumptions about sociologists and their value freedom. Throughout the dawn of sociology until the present time, a continuous and constant debate has been going on about the role of the researcher's "values" on sociological studies, thus, giving rise to the issue of the value freedom theory, which is essential for further understanding of the subject at hand.
First and foremost, a definition of a few concepts, namely, objectivity, subjectivity, and value freedom is required to straighten out any misconceptions about the way that they are applied to sociology. Objectivity is the notion that research or data collecting process is free from personal feelings. …