METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

Paper Code: 
SOC222
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO33:Evaluate the philosophical ideas underlying the emergence of different methodologies in social sciences.

CO34:Develop skills for construction of hypothesis, usage of scaling techniques and the appropriate way of writing reports.

CO35:.Develop requisite skills for analyzing and interpreting data

CO36Use social research as means for social change

CO37:Develop competence to undertake social research.

 

Lecture and Classroom discussions (Tool-Power Point Presentations) Classroom discussions. Tabulation and interpretation of hypothetical data

Classroom discussions using case studies, Preparation of report based on hypothetical data

Continuous Assessment test on the topic/quiz, student presentations and assignments.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit I
  • Meaning, Scope and Ethics of Social research
  • Approaches to Social Research: Positivist, Interpretive and Critical

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit II
  • Logic in Social Inquiry: Elements of Logic, Types of Logical Explanations-Deductive, Inductive and Retroductive
  • Meaning, Components – Concept, Variable, Hypothesis and Process of Building Theory; Models and Paradigms: Meaning, Functions and Types

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
  • Research Design: Elements, Types –Descriptive, Explanatory and Experimental; Measurement: Meaning and Levels of Measurement
  • Sampling in Social Research: Probability and NonProbability Types of Sampling, Sample Size, Sources of Sampling and Non Sampling Errors

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
  • Data Collection Techniques: Questionnaire, Observation, Interview Guide, Case Study and Content Analysis
  • Methodological Dialectics of Social Research

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit V
  • Triangulation (Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies): Meaning, Characteristics of Mixed Methods Research, Comparison Between Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research
  • Writing Social Research Report: Organization of Research Report; Use of Books, Journals, Research Reports and Internet

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Neuman, W, Lawrence, 2014,Social Research Methods:Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches,Pearson Education Limited:Edinburgh
  • Bryman, Alan, 1988: Quality and Quantity in Social Research, London: Unwin Hyman

 

References: 
  • Imam, Ekwal. 2015. Basics of Research Methodology.New Delhi: New India Publishing Agency.
  • Popper, K., 1999: The Logic of Scientific Discovery, London: Routledge
  • Shipman, Martin, 1988: The Limitations of Social Research, London: Longman
  • Sjober, Gideon and Roger Nett, 1997: Methodology for Social Research,  Jaipur: Rawat Publications
  • Barnes, John A, 1979: Who Should Know What? Social Science, Privacy and Ethics, Harmondsworth: Penguin
  • Bose, Pradip Kumar, 1995: Research Methodology, New Delhi: ICSSR
  • Bryman, Alan, 1988: Quality and Quantity in Social Research, London: Unwin Hyman
  • Hughes, John, 1987: The Philosophy of Social Research, London: George Relen and Unwin
  • Madge, John, 1970: The Origins of Scientific Sociology, London: Tavistock

 

e-RESOURCES:

 

JOURNALS:

  • Sociological Research, British Sociologial Association
  • Sankhaya: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute
  • Journal of Statistics Education, American Statistical Association

 

 

Academic Session: 
2023-24
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