After reading this article you will learn about the controversy between pure and applied science. The controversy between 'pure' and 'applied' science need not be made much of, because the two are not mutually exclusive and there is a continual interplay between them. History shows how often in fact the development of science, has taken place in response to technical [...]
In this article we will discuss about the techniques used in content analysis of a book. Berelson defines 'content analysis' as a "research technique for the objective, systematic and quantitative description of the manifest content of communication." Content analysis is a methodologically sophisticated version of the commonsense technique of finding out how an author of a book has treated a [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the problem of objectivity in social inquiry. The problem of objectivity is one of knowing reality. In addition to questions related to being, objectivity involves two other considerations, viz., the correct method of dealing with any question and of how we know anything (Epistemology). It has been argued that the social scientists [...]