Statistics in Social Research

Paper Code: 
SOC322
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course plan aims to provide exposure to the fundamentals of various quantitative research techniques and methods. Teaching certain quantitative methods and statistical techniques to collect and analyze the data would help the students to organize and analyze the information gathered by them.

12.00
Unit I: 
  • Meaning functions and abuse of statistics in social work research
  • Frequency distribution types and shapes of distribution
  • Graphic presentation of data-histogram and bar diagram
12.00
Unit II: 
  • Proportions, percentage and ratios
  • Measures of central tendency-mean, median and mode; criteria for selecting appropriate measure of central tendency
12.00
Unit III: 
  • Range,quartile deviation, standard deviation
  • Coefficient of variation; criteria for selecting useful variability measure.
12.00
Unit IV: 
  • Meaning, characteristics, assumptions and limitations simple correlation and regression analysis.
  • Concept of least squares and the lines of regression
  • Partial and multiple correlation and regression(applications only)
12.00
Unit V: 
  • Testing statistical hypothesis-concept and procedure
  • Parametric and non-parametric tests of significance-chi-square test.
References: 
  • Blaikie, Norman, Approaches to Social Enquiry, Cambridge, Policy Press, 1993.

 

  • May, Tim, Social Research: Issues, Methods and Processes. Buckingham, Open University Press, 1997.
  • Patton, Michael Quinn, Qualitative Evaluation Methods. New Delhi, Sage Publications, 1988.
  • Reissman, Catherine K. Qualitative Studies in Social Work Research, New Delhi. Sage Publications, 1994.
  • Swartz, Omar, Conducting Socially Responsible Research, New Delhi, Sage Publications, 1997.
  • Ramachandran, P. Issues in Social Work Research in India, Bombay, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 1990.
  • Society for Participatory Research in Asia, Participatory Research: An Introduction (Participatory Research Network series No. 3), New Delhi PRIA, 1995.
  • Wright, Susan E. 1986 Social Science Statistics. Boston: Allyn & Bacon Inc.

 

  • Loether, H.J. & McTavish, Donald. 1974 Inferential Statistics for Sociologists.
Academic Session: 
2016-17
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