Research is a careful
investigation or inquiry especially through search for new facts in any branch
of knowledge. According to Redman and Mary research is a systematized effort to
gain new knowledge. According to D.Sleshinger and M.Stemson has defined
research as the manipulation of things, concepts or symbols for the purpose of
generalizing to extend, correct or verify knowledge, heather that knowledge
aids in construction of theory or in the practice of an art. Social research is
a scientific undertaking which by means of logical and systematized techniques,
aims to discover new factory verify a test old facts, analyze their sequence
interrelationship and casual explanation which were derived within an
appropriate theoretical frame of reference, develop new scientific tools,
concepts and theories which would facilities reliable and valid study of human
behavior. According to PV young social research the systematic method of
discovering news facts or verifying old facts, their sequences,
inter-relationships, casual explanation and the natural laws which governs
them. Prof C.A Mosr defines social research as “systematized investigation to
give new knowledge about social phenomena and surveys”. Rummel defined social
research as it is devoted to a “study of mankind in his social environment and
is concerned with improving his understanding of social orders, groups,
institutes and ethics”. Mary Stevenson defined social research as “social
research is a systematic methods of exploring, analyzing and conceptualizing
social life in order to extend ,correct or verify knowledge, whether that
knowledge aid in the construction of a theory or in the practice of an art.
The characteristic features of social research:
Social research is scientific
approach of adding to the knowledge about society and social phenomenon.
Knowledge to be meaningful should have a definite purpose and direction. The
growth of knowledge is closely linked to the methods and approaches used in
research investigation. Hence the social science research must be guided by
certain laid down objectives enumerated below
Development knowledge
The main object of any research
is to add to the knowledge. As we have seen earlier, research is a process to
obtain knowledge. Similarly social research is an organized and scientific
effort to acquire further knowledge about the problem in question. Thus social
science helps us to obtain and add to the knowledge of social phenomena. This
one of the important objective of social research.
Scientific study of social
research:
Social research is an attempt to
acquire knowledge about the social phenomena. Man being the part of a society,
social research studies human being as an individual, human behavior and
collects data about various aspects of the social life of man and formulates
law in this regards. Once the law is formulated then the scientific study tries
to establish the interrelationship between these facts. Thus, the scientific
study of social life is the base of the sociological development which is
considered as second best objective of social research. Welfare of humanity:
The ultimate objective of the social science study if often and always to
enhance the welfare of humanity. No scientific research makes only for the sake
of study. The welfare of humanity is the most common objective in social
science research.
Classification of facts:
According to Prov P.V.Young,
social research aims to clarify facts. The classification of facts plays
important role in any scientific research. Social control and prediction: The
ultimate object of many research undertaking is to make it possible, to
redirect the behavior of particular type of individual under the specified
conditions. In social research we generally study of the social phenomena,
event and factors that govern and guide them. a) Social research deals with
phenomena. It studies the human behavior. b) It discovers new facts and
verifies old facts. With the improvement in the technique and changes in the
phenomena the researcher has to study the. c) Casual relationship between
various human activities can also be studies in social research. For the sake
of systematic presentation, the process of research may be classifies under
three stages
The primary stage includes
Observation
Interest
Crystallization, identification
and statement of a research problem
Formulation of hypothesis
Primary synopsis
Conceptual clarity
Documentation
Preparation of bibliography and
Research design
The secondary stage includes
Project planning
Project formulation
Questionnaire preparation
Investigation and data collection
Preparation of final synopsis
Compilation of data
Classification
Tabulation and presentation of
data
Experimentation
Analysis
Testing of hypothesis and
Interpretation
The tertiary stage includes
Report writing
Observation, suggestions and
conclusions.
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