Purpose of Research: Exploration, Description, Explanation
Course Material
- Scientific Method and Social Research
- Theory and Research
- Research Orientation, Basic, Applied and Evaluative
- Purpose of Research: Exploration, Description, Explanation
- Concept: Development Process
- Definition: Nominal and Operational,
- Variable: Types, Hypothesis: Uni variate, Bi-variate, Multivariate,
- Characteristics of a Testable Hypothesis. Nul Hypothesis. Alternate Hypothesis
- Stages of Social Research, Circularity and Replication
- Formulation of Research Problem Choosing the Problem and its Significance, Review of Relevant Literature
- Theoretical Framework, The Derivation of Hypothesis,
- Measuring the Variables: Operationalization, Validity and Reliability,
- The Time Dimension: Cross-sectional Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Approximating Longitudinal Studies
- Unit of Analysis: Individuals, Groups, Organizations
- Population and sampling
- Chapters 15
- Department Sociology(SCB)
- Teacher
Mr. Mussarat Hussain
