Question

Define social research method and explain the steps of social research.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(1) Formulation of Research Problem, (2) Review of Related Literature, (3) Formulation of Hypotheses, (4) Working Out Research Design, (5) Defining the Universe of Study, (6) Determining Sampling Design, (7) Administering the tools of Data Collection and Others.

Answer 2

Social research is the study of the mankind.

Explanation:

Definition of Social Research:

Mary Stevenson defined it as “social research is a systematic method 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."

Steps of Social Research:

1. Understanding the society as a whole
2. Choosing the research problem and deriving the hypothesis
3. Formation of the research design
4. Data collection tools and technics (primary and secondary data)
5. Data analysis
6. Result interpretation and test the hypothesis

Researchers need to have in depth knowledge at every stage as all steps are interlinked with each other.