This article throws light upon the top seven methods used for conducting social research. The methods are: 1. Observation Method 2. Interview Method 3. The Questionnaire Method 4. Projective Techniques 5. Scaling Technique 6. Sampling Method 7. Case Study Method. 1. Observation Method: We are almost constantly engaged in observation of things, objects, processes and even thought-ways of people. It [...]
R.L. Ackoff has attempted to answer this question in a systematic way. All research problems ultimately reduce to the question, which of a set of alternative means is the most efficient one. Once those alternative means are formulated, the researcher is in a position to pose a question of each of the means, as to what may constitute the evidence [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the combinations of probability and non-probability sampling. If sampling is carried out in a series of stages, it is possible to combine probability and non-probability principles in one sampling design. One or more stages of sampling can be carried out according to the probability principle and the remaining stages according to the [...]