After reading this article you will learn about the personal and official documents as sources of data. Personal Documents: In its narrow sense, the personal document is a spontaneous first person description by an individual of his own actions, experiences and beliefs. The wide range of personal documentary material comprises autobiographies, diaries and letters and […]
Documentary Sources of Data | Data Collection | Social Research
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Content Analysis of a Book | Techniques | Social Research | Sociology
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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 […]
Analysis of Data: 4 Steps | Social Research | Sociology
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This article throws light upon the four main steps involved in analysis of data. The steps are: 1. Establishment of Categories or Classification of Data 2. Coding 3. Tabulation 4. Statistical Analysis of Data. Step # 1. Establishment of Categories or Classification of Data: Social science research generally involves a large variety of responses to […]