Research Methods in Social Science by P.K. Majumdar - 2005

Viva Books Private Limited, 2005. First edition. Paperback. New. This book gives a cogent exposition of the methodological issues in social research to the beginners. A budding scientist becomes perplexed with the bewildering army of techniques and methodologies applied in social and behavioral research. The book tries to answer many of the questions that overwhelm a young researcher when confronted with diverse issues and techniques employed in social research. The book highlights the norms and the rules a research scientist ought to adhere in a social discourse and it also delves with issues like “Why study research methodology?” to most of the conventional topics as research design, sampling data collection techniques, scaling and measurement issues, data analysis and data storing using computer support. Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Research, survey, Investigation and Experiments Chapter 3 Some Fundamental Concepts in Social Research Chapter 4 Logic of Inquiry Chapter 5 Hypotheses in Social Research Chapter 6 Planning the Social Research Chapter 7 Ethical Issues in Social Research Chapter 8 Experimental Designs in Social Research Chapter 9 Sampling Chapter 10 Types of Sample Design: Simple Random Sampling Chapter 11 Types of Sample design: Stratified Random Sampling Chapter 12 Types of Sample Design: Cluster and Multi-stage Sampling Chapter 13 Types of Sample Design: Some other Methods of Sampling Chapter 14 Some More Points on Sampling Chapter 15 Methods of Data Collection: direct Observation Chapter 16 Methods of Data Collection: Indirect Observation: Interview Chapter 17 Methods of Data Collection: Indirect Observation: Schedules and Questionnaires Chapter 18 Methods of Data Collection: Indirect Observation: Case Study and Projective Methods Chapter 19 Data Processing, Interpretation and Presentation Chapter 20 Error of Measurement Chapter 21 Reliability of a Scale Chapter 22 Validation of a Scale Chapter 23 Attitude Scaling Chapter 24 Attitude Scaling: Thurston’s Scales Chapter 25 Attitude Scaling: Likert’s Summated Rating Scale Chapter 26 Attitude Scaling: Cumulative Scaling: Guttman Scalogram Analysis and Bogardus Social Distance Scale Chapter 27 Concluding Remarks Printed Pages: 496.