Course

Unit 1

Basics of Social Science Research

Meaning of Research, Social Science and Social Work Research: Meaning, Nature and Scope

Unit 2

Steps in Social Science Research

Identifications and Formulations of Research Problem, Literature Review, Objectives and Hypothesis Formulation, Research Design, Sample Design, Sources, Methods and Tools of Data Collection, Processing and Analysis of Data and Writing Research Reports including Presentations and Styles of References, Citing and Paraphrasing.

Unit 3

Basic Statistical concepts

Process of statistical Enquiry and dealing with Descriptive and Inferential Statistical Methods, Parametric and Non-parametric Tests.

Text Books / References

Text Books:

1. Kothari, C. R. (2004 2nd edition reprint) Research Methodology: Methods & Techniques.
2. Kumar, Ranjit. (2005). Research methodology. New Delhi: Pearson Education. Laldas, D. K. (2000) Practice of Social Research, Jaipur: Rawat    

Suggested readings:

1. Goode, W.J., Hatt, P.K. (1981) Methods in Social Research, Singapore: McGraw Hill.
2. Alston, M. Bocoles, W. (Indian Edition 2003). Research for social workers: An introduction to methods.
3. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
4. Babbie, E. (ed) (2004). The practice of social research, Thomson Wadsworth, Belmont (USA).

Pre-requisites: Basic understanding of research methods and social work theory.

Course objectives:

1. To enable the students to develop a scientific approach for systematic procedure in social workquantitative research.
2. To recognize various concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics
3. Learn the process of Data collection, organization, presentation, analysis and report writing. To develop skills in managing of quantitative data.
4. To understands the methods of central tendency and dispersion

Course Outcomes

• CO1: Develop scientific approach approach for systematic procedure in social work in Quantitative research. 
• CO2: Gain Knowledge on managing Quantitaive data.
• CO3: Able to Analyze data using parametric and Non Parametric tests

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