Why is thequestion of a scientific method particularly important in sociology?

Thequestion of scientific method is important because it helpssociologists to acquire knowledge.

Sociologistdeals with different societies whose culture may be similar ordifferent. They have to conduct research and field work in which theyneed to take opinions and feelings of people or respondent in thatarea. Hence, sociologists try to adopt an objective point of viewwhich is neutral and not based on one’s own perception. Somesociologists like Emile Durkhiem believed that in order to study thesociety with objectivity, it is important to have a scientificapproach. Therefore a need for scientific method was felt. He evencarried out a scientific study on the phenomenon of ‘suicide’by giving various rules in sociological method.