Research methods in social sciences
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TextPublication details: Noida Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd. 2020 Description: xi, 462 pISBN: 9789353436377Subject(s): Social sciences--Methodology | Social sciences--ResearchDDC classification: 300.72 Summary: The book is a comprehensive text describing various aspects of research with classic examples and case studies. Research becomes meaningful with inclusion of empirical studies conducted in the Indian context. The book includes critical research inquiry topics in each chapter which are relevant for critical evaluation of many research-related concepts. Students and researchers can enhance their knowledge as each chapter has a reading list of good research articles and books. Discussion questions and exercises have also been formulated for the students to evaluate their learning and to practise research. The text also includes the statistical analysis which can help the students to understand the basic characteristics of descriptive and inferential statistics, and for detailed analysis they can refer to the books on statistics.
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Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks | Public Policy & General Management | 300.72 TUC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 002553 |
Table of Content
"Chapter 1 Introduction to Social Research Chapter 2 Approaches to Social Research Chapter 3 Ethics in Social Research Chapter 4 Research Skills, Communication and Dissemination Chapter 5 Survey Research Chapter 6 Experimental Research Chapter 7 Statistics in Social Research-I: Descriptive Statistics Chapter 8 Statistics in Social Research-II: Inferential Statistics Chapter 9 Ethnography Research Chapter 10 Case Study Research Chapter 11 Life-History and Narrative Research Chapter 12 Action Research "
The book is a comprehensive text describing various aspects of research with classic examples and case studies. Research becomes meaningful with inclusion of empirical studies conducted in the Indian context. The book includes critical research inquiry topics in each chapter which are relevant for critical evaluation of many research-related concepts. Students and researchers can enhance their knowledge as each chapter has a reading list of good research articles and books. Discussion questions and exercises have also been formulated for the students to evaluate their learning and to practise research. The text also includes the statistical analysis which can help the students to understand the basic characteristics of descriptive and inferential statistics, and for detailed analysis they can refer to the books on statistics.
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