After reading this article you will learn about proportions, percentages and ratios. Proportions: The proportion of cases in any given category is defined as the number in the category divided by the total number of cases. In calculation of proportions, it is presumed that the method of classification has been such that categories are mutually exclusive and the category-set exhaustive. [...]
This article throws light upon the four main functions of research for theory. The functions are: 1. Research Initiates Theory 2. Research Helps Recasting of Theory 3. Research Refocuses Theory 4. Research Helps in Clarifying Theory. Function # 1. Research Initiates Theory: Scientific research sometimes leads to findings that may press for a new formulation as a theory; a new [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the relevance of history for social research. A group of thinkers, during the relatively brief period in which social science has been recognized as a disciplined form of intellectual endeavour, has tried to effect a rigid differentiation between what are conventionally known as social sciences, like sociology and economics on the one [...]