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Methodology of Social Research

notes A scholar who has the ability to be respectful to both, the one who support his views and the one who
oppose his views can be a successful research scholar.
3. balanced talk: the scholar has to talk to respondent while interview of filling up
questionnaire. The mode of communication influences the respondents. If a scholar talks in a
proud manner and orders the information, it can create irritation in the mind of respondents.
He can deny or hide the actual information that is why balance in communication is important.
to say something hurtful can prove to be expensive for the scholar.
4. alertness: During the research he has to be extremely alert and careful. He needs to be
vigilant that somebody is not moving him from his path by providing wrong information.
Sometimes people from influential and selfish group try to pose as well-wishers and push
a scholar towards failure by providing wrong information. to keep these type of people at
bay and without hurting them being alert should be an important quality of scholar.
5. self-control: sometimes during the research different adverse situations occur. if a scholar
loses his self control the whole research work will go haywire. sometimes he might have to
hear some disrespecting works which can hurt his feelings, emotions and ideals but he should
remain in control and continue to find out the truth. He should not be excited because it can
take him away from reality in an instance and he can be a subject of criticism. these situations
can mar the success of research, so s good scholar should have the ability to self-control.

4.4 Qualities related to subject of study

Apart from these a scholar should have qualities related to subject as follows:
1. Interest in the Subject: A scholar can be successful only when he has great interest in the
subject. the interest inspires a scholar to work hard and to be sincere and encourages him
to be indulged in his work. it is easy to understand the subject if one has interest in it. if the
study is difficult even then because of his interest in it a scholar tries to work hard to make
it successful.
2. Mastery over the Subject: to make any research successful it is important that the subject or
problem he is studying, he should have complete knowledge about it, otherwise his collected
facts may be incomplete, faulty and useless. for this he has to study all the available literature
of the subject. Not having complete information on the subject can make the scholar giving
less importance to the points which are important and spend his time , money and labour
on less important issues.
3. concentration on problem: Different issues of social life are so intensely corelated that
probability of moving away from the specific. Problem is very high so to concentrate on
the problem is very important for the scholar. It happens that few specific attractive and
mysterious incidents attract a scholar and he gets entangled in those, loses his concentration
and as a result of which the progress of research stops. so the concentration on the main
subject is important.
4.5 Qualities related to field Work

research requires going to place of study and collect facts and information. for this it is important to
have knowledge of different practical activities these qualities of a scholar must be there –
1. Knowledge of Methods, Tools and Techniques of Research: A researcher should have
knowledge about various instruments and methods useful for his work. He should know
the limitations of methods and the shortcomings of these methods affecting their work. it
will help him to chose the best instrument and method and save their time, money and
hardwork. it will also help keeping him alert for problems and their solutions in future. for
this he should know whether a questionnaire will be suitable or an interview, whether the

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