Unlike others who believed that values could not be separated from the research process, German __________social scientist emphasized that sociology should be value free-conducted in a scientific manner to exclude the researcher's personal values and economic interests.
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Max Weber
C) Karl Marx
D) Herbert Spencer

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Max Weber emphasized on the concept of value-free or objective sociology, where the researcher should eliminate personal values and biases to conduct the research in a scientific and accurate manner. He believed that subjective values could affect the researcher's interpretation of data and compromise the validity of research findings.

Unlike Others Who Believed That Values Could Not Be Separated