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SYLLABUS

Methodology of Social Research

Objectives
• This course plan aims to provide exposure of the students to the fundamentals of various research techniques and
methods (both quantitative and qualitative).
• It tries to build upon the basic assumptions in adopting different methodologies for different kinds of research themes.

Sr. No. Content

1 Elements of Scientific methods and various steps in social research;
Objectivity/ Value Neutrality

2 Basic concepts: Concept, hypothesis, theory and facts, facts and values; Ethical
Issues in Social research

3 Induction and deduction, propositions, syllogism and logical fallacies. Pure and
Applied research
4 Research Design: Meaning of research design, Selecting a research design;

Types of Research Design: Exploratory, descriptive; Types of Research Design:
longitudinal and cross-sectional or comparative

5 Constructing an Instrument for data collection: Selecting a method for data
collection,

Establishing the validity and reliability of a research instrument
6 Quantitative Methods and Survey Research: Survey techniques, Sampling

Design, Questionnaire and Interview schedule, Reliability and Validity,
Limitations of Survey
7 Qualitative Research Techniques I: Techniques and methods of qualitative

research, Participant observation, Ethnography

8 Qualitative Research Techniques II: Case study method, Content analysis, Oral
history, narratives, Methodological dilemmas and issues in qualitative research,
Validity and reliability in qualitative research

9 Statistics in Social Research: Methods: Meaning, characteristics of statistical
method; Measures of central tendency: Mean, Median, Mode; Measures of

Dispersion: Standard Deviation
10 Statistics in Social Research: Correlational Analysis: Test of significance and

co-variance, Writing a Research Report