Research Methodology for Social Science

Contents: Preface. 1. Foundations of social research. 2. Methodological approach of action research. 3. Methodology of participatory research. 4. Methods of social analysis. 5. Formulating social policy. 6. Sociological research methods. 7. Anti oppressive research in social work. 8. Scientific method. 9. Methodological and analytical advances in social research. 9. Methodological and analytical advances in social research. 10. Experimental research design. 11. Qualitative social science research methodologies. 12. Qualitative research in social work. 13. Techniques of data collection. Bibliography. Index.

To the survey researcher this is the stage of gaining site specific knowledge. The subject matter of sociology is human behaviour in society. All social behaviour is guided by values. Thus the study of social behaviour can never be value free if value freedom is interpreted in the sense of absence of values because values of the society under investigation form a part of the social facts to be studied by sociology. Moreover social research is in itself a type of social behaviour and is guided by the value of search for true knowledge. Then what is meant as clarified by Max Weber value free sociology means that the sociologist while carrying social research must confine called value relevance. This work would be useful for teachers students and others who have much respect for research methodology for social science. (jacket)