Research methodology for social sciences

Research Methodology for Social Sciences provides guidelines for designing and conducting evidence-based research in social sciences and interdisciplinary studies using both qualitative and quantitative data. Blending the particularity of different sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary nature of soc...

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Other Authors: Acharyya, Rajat (Editor), Bhattacharya, Nandan (Editor)
Format: Book
Published: Abingdon : Routledge, c 2020.
Series:Contemporary issues in social science research
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245 |a  Research methodology for social sciences  |c / edited by Rajat Acharyya , Nandan Bhattacharya  
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300 |a xv, 268 p. :   |b ill.;   |c 25 cm. 
440 |a  Contemporary issues in social science research 
504 |a Includes references  
505 |a Introduction Part I: Epistemological Issues 1. Methodological or Epistemological Issues in Social Research Part II: Debates in Research Methods 2. Towards a Pragmatic Centre: Debates on Qualitative Methodology 3. Ethnographic Fieldwork: The Predicaments and Possibilities 4. Diversity in Economics: An Examination and Defence of Heterodox Approach Part III: Methods of Conflict Analysis and Policy Evaluation 5. Game Theory: Strategy Design in Conflict Situations 6. Impact evaluation: a simple need and a difficult choice of methodology 7. Construction of Different Types of Indices in Social Science: Some Numerical Examples Part IV: Quantitative Research Methods and Predictive Analysis 8. Designing a Primary Survey-Based Research 9. Sampling Methods: A Survey 10. An Introduction to Statistical Inference 11. Problem of Endogeneity in Social Science Research 12. Quantitative Methods for Qualitative Variables in Social Science: An Introduction 
520 |a Research Methodology for Social Sciences provides guidelines for designing and conducting evidence-based research in social sciences and interdisciplinary studies using both qualitative and quantitative data. Blending the particularity of different sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary nature of social sciences, this volume: Provides insights on epistemological issues and deliberates on debates over qualitative research methods; Covers different aspects of qualitative research techniques and evidence-based research techniques including survey design, choice of sample, construction of indices, statistical inferences, and data analysis; Discusses concepts, techniques, and tools at different stages of research beginning with design of field surveys to collect raw data and then to analyze the data using statistical and econometric methods; With illustrations, examples and a reader friendly approach, this volume will serve as a key reference material for compulsory research methodology courses at Doctoral levels across different disciplines like Economics, Sociology, Women's Studies, Education, Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Philosophy, History, Business Management and the like. This volume will also be indispensable for post-graduate courses dealing with quantitative techniques and data analysis 
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650 |a Qualitative research Philosophy 
650 |a Social sciences Methodology 
650 |a Social science  
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700 |a Bhattacharya, Nandan   |c (Editor) 
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