Research methodology for social sciences / Edited by Rajat Acharyya and Nandan Bhattacharya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Acharyya, Rajat, editor.

Bhattacharya, Nandan, 1968- editor.

Series:

Contemporary issues in social science research.

Contemporary issues in social science research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qualitative research--Philosophy.

Qualitative research.

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 268 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Foreword

Editors' note

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 research: 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 Problems of endogeneity in social science research

12 Quantitative methods for qualitative variables in social science: an introduction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-72578-2

1-000-72564-2

0-367-81034-4

9780367810344

OCLC:

1126391313