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"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"--

The first generation of Indian sociologists relied on the survey method & intensive fieldwork; since independence in the 1950's, the new generation has been concerned with a more elaborate research methodology, partly because of the need for more standardized procedures & emphasis on teamwork & partly as a result of exposure to American sociology whose distinctive feature is concrete & task-oriented research. Large numbers of Indian sociologists were trained in the US & much assistance in India has been provided by US foundations. Presently the Indian Council of Social Research is responsible for training programs in research methodology & is much preoccupied by research designs, scaling techniques, computerization, etc. The question is raised whether this preoccupation distracts scholars from a pursuit of relevant sociological problems; results following the application of the "scientific machinery" have been meager. In countries like India the new research technology requires abundant funds which are not always as available as they are in the US. J. N. Mayer.