LEADER 04505oam 22006372 450 001 9910959226503321 005 20251116172512.0 010 $a1-000-72578-2 010 $a1-000-72564-2 010 $a0-367-81034-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000009752131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5975336 035 $a(OCoLC)1126391313 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1126391313 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780367810344 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009752131 100 $a20191028d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $csti$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aResearch methodology for social sciences /$fEdited by Rajat Acharyya and Nandan Bhattacharya 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 268 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aContemporary issues in social science research 311 08$a0-367-40984-4 311 08$a1-138-39051-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $a"Research Methodology for Social Sciences provides guidelines for designing and conducting evidence-based research in social sciences and interdisciplinary studies using both qualitative and quantitative data. Blending the particularity of different sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary nature of social sciences, this volume: Provides insights on epistemological issues and deliberates on debates over qualitative research methods; Covers different aspects of qualitative research techniques and evidence-based research techniques including survey design, choice of sample, construction of indices, statistical inferences, and data analysis; Discusses concepts, techniques, and tools at different stages of research beginning with design of field surveys to collect raw data and then to analyze the data using statistical and econometric methods; With illustrations, examples and a reader friendly approach, this volume will serve as a key reference material for compulsory research methodology courses at Doctoral levels across different disciplines like Economics, Sociology, Women's Studies, Education, Anthropology, Political Science, International Relations, Philosophy, History, Business Management and the like. This volume will also be indispensable for post-graduate courses dealing with quantitative techniques and data analysis"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aContemporary issues in social science research. 606 $aQualitative research$xPhilosophy 606 $aSocial sciences$xMethodology 606 $aresearch$9eng$2eurovoc 606 $aqualitative analysis$9eng$2eurovoc 606 $aresearch method$9eng$2eurovoc 606 $asocial sciences$9eng$2eurovoc 615 0$aQualitative research$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xMethodology. 615 7$aresearch. 615 7$aqualitative analysis. 615 7$aresearch method. 615 7$asocial sciences. 676 $a300.721 686 $a28.08$2EP-CLASS 702 $aAcharyya$b Rajat 702 $aBhattacharya$b Nandan$f1968- 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959226503321 996 $aResearch methodology for social sciences$94488510 997 $aUNINA