This book to present a cancise, cogent comprehensive and critical exposition of the varied techniques employed in social research and the methodogical bases underlying them. This book to present a cancise, cogent comprehensive and critical exposition of the varied techniques employed in social research and the methodogical bases underlying them. The book is, therefore, likely to be useful to students of social science in general and of Socilology in particular, who are engaged in post-graduate or predoctoral studies. Consequently especial efforts have been made to make the contents of the book relevant to the syllabi of the various universities in the country.
Contents :
1. Scientific Social Research
2. The Problem of Objectivity in Social Research
3. The Research Process
4. Formulation of Problem in Social Research
5. Hypotheses: Their Nature and Role in Social Research
6. Concepts-Their Role in Scientific Investigation and Development of Science
7. The Design of Research
8. The General Problems of Measurement
9. Data Collection
10. Observation
11. The Interview Method
12. The Questionnaire
13. The Projective Techniques
14. The Scaling Techniques
15. Sociometry
16. The Case Study Method
17. Sampling:Method and Techniques
18. Analysis of Data and Interpretation
19. The Research Report
20. Research and Theory
21. Social Research and Values
