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Methodology of Social Research

notes 6. Verification—In this case, the verification is not done on the events but the emerged rule is
subject to verification under the guidelines of widely spread principles. After this verification,
whichever rule is working properly under the hypothesis is formally declared a rule.

18.3 summary

y there are two types of methods for research in sociology- Quantitative Methods and Qualitative
Method.

y Quantitative methods represent tangible data in quantitative form while qualitative methods
represent intangible data in qualitative form.
y Inductive and deductive method, case study method and sociometry method are classified
under qualitative methods.

18.4 Keywords

1. sociometry—Sociometry is the method of measuring the significance and position of
individuals in a group, the group-organization and the inter-relationships in a small
group.
2. Structural Functional Method—this method of sociological study, known as structural
functional method was developed to eliminate the ambiguity and doubts found in historical
and comparative methods.

18.5 review Questions

1. How many types of research methods are present in sociology?
2. explain the meaning of inductive method.
3. Describe the merits and demerits of inductive method.
4. What is the meaning of deductive method?
5. What is the case study method?

answers: self assessment
1. Comparative method 2. Collected 3. thoughts.

18.6 Further Readings

Books 1. Classical social Contemplation-Agarwal Gopal Krishan, Bhatt Brothers.
2. Social Survey and Research-Vandana Vohra, Radha Publication.

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