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Information and Literature Survey in Social Sciences

Notes y The experimental approach to research involves two sets of units -a control unit and an
experimental unit.
y The experimental research is thus undertaken to assess the impact of the intervention. Applied
Research is designed to solve practical problems of the modern world, rather than to acquire
knowledge for knowledge’s sake.

7.4 Keywords

Social Science Research: Social science research is an important tool to understand how society
functions, and how human beings in society influence each other.
Descriptive Research: Descriptive study is a fact-finding investigation with adequate interpretation.
Case Study: A case study is one of several ways of doing research whether, it is social science related
or even socially related.

7.5 Review Questions

1. Define the nature a scope of social science research.
2. What are the key approaches of social science research?
3. State the difference between the descriptive and experimental research.

Answers: Self Assessment
1. Social science research 2. Human concerns 3. True
4. False 5. False

7.6 Further Readings

Books Busha, Charles and Stephen P. Harter (1980), Research Methods in Librarianship:
techniques and Interpretations, Academic Press: New York, NY.
Carr, W. & Kremmis, S. (1 986), Becoming Critical: Education, Knowledge, and
Action Research, Falmer Press, London.
Das, G. Social Suwev and Research, King Books, New Delhi.
Denzin, Norman K. and Yvonna S. Lincoln (1998), Strategies of Qualitative Enquiry,
Sage Publications: London.
Henn, Matt, Mark Weinstein and Nick Ford (2006), A Short Introduction to Social
Research, Vistar Publications, New Delhi.
Lerning, Michael R. “Research and Sampling Designs: Techniques for Evaluating
Hypotheses”, Found at: http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming/soc37 Ires/
research.html

Online links www.ssrn.com
www.icssr.org
www.journals.elsevier.com/social-science-research

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