S-4_SC_401C

Introduction to Social Research

Sl. No.	Topic	Click Link to view
1	Social science research
2	Social Research: Meaning, Scope and Significance	Link
3	Positivism in Sociology: A Critique	Link
4	Empiricism in Sociology: A Critique	Link
5	Objectivity in Social Research	Link
6	Subjectivity in Social Research	Link
7	Ethical Issues in Data Collection and Analysis	Link
8	Types and methods of research
9	Types of research: Basic and Applied	Link
10	Historical	Link
11	Empirical	Link
12	Descriptive	Link
13	Exploratory	Link
14	Explanatory	Link
15	Experimental	Link
16	Methods of Research: Quantitative	Link
17	Methods of Research: Qualitative	Link
18	Methods: Ethnography	Link
19	Methods: Observation: Participant and Non-Participant Case Study	Link
20	Methods: Content Analysis	Link
21	Conceptualization and Formulation of Hypothesis	Link
22	Techniques and Tools of data collection
23	Primary and Secondary Sources of Data	Link
24	Survey: Meaning and Definition	Link
25	Purpose of Social Survey	Link
26	Different Stages in Social Survey	Link
27	Types of Survey	Link
28	Significance of Social Survey	Link
29	Differences between Social Research and Social Survey	Link
30	Advantages and Disadvantages of Survey Research	Link
31	Sampling Techniques: Definition and Types	Link
32	Utility of Different types of sampling	Link
33	Questionnaire	Link
34	Schedule	Link
35	Interview	Link
36	Interview Guide	Link
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38	Ethnography	Link
39	Case Study	Link
40	Presentation and interpretation of data
41	Overview of Statistics in Sociology	Link
42	Measures of Central Tendency (Simple Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode)	Link
43	Report Writing Process: Coding, tables, graphs, histograms	Link