Research methods in social sciences

By:

Tucker, Veena

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Pearson India Education Services Pvt. Ltd. Noida 2020Description: xi, 462 pISBN:

9789353436377

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

300.72 TUC

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.

List(s) this item appears in: Public Policy & General Management | Finance & Accounting

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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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