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Research Methodology
The main goal is to prepare students for research. In keeping with this goal the main aims and objectives are: inculcating an interdisciplinary / comparative approach to research, updating knowledge in pertinent areas of research.
Research in Political Science, nature , need, importance, problems. Research process
Types of Research-Historical, descriptive, Interdisciplinary, Scientific
Policy Analysis, Forms of study- Panel, Case, area;
Area studies approach
Research problems- Selection and formulation, defining a research problem, research design- meaning, features, types, construction of research design.
Concepts and Hypothesis, Sources of data – primary, secondary; Data collection, census, sampling, observations, questionnaire, schedules
Classification, Tabulation, Data analysis, report Writing, the use of computers in Research
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- Goode & Hatt, (1981). Methods in Social Research. Singapore: McGraw Hill Co.
- Kothari, C. R. (1989). Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. Banglore: Wiley Eastern
- Blake, N. (1973: Approaches to Social Enquiry, Cambridge, Policy Press
- Bose, Pradip Kumar, 1995: Research Methodology, New Delhi: ICSSR
- Bryman, Alan, 1988: Quality and Quantity in Social Research, London, Unwin Hyman.
- Kurtz, Norman R, 1983: Introduction to Social Statistics, Paris: MC Graw Hill
- Levin Jack, 1983: Elementary Statistics in Social Research, New York: Harper & Row Publishers.
- May, Tim, 1977: Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process, Buckingham, Open University Press.
- Shipman Martin, 1988: The Limitations of Social Research, London, Longman.
- Young, P. V., 1988: Scientific Social Surveys and Research, New Delhi, Prentice Hall.
