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 [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the criteria for evaluating the adequacy of the case history or life history which is of central importance for case study. (1) The subject must be viewed as a specimen in a cultural series. That is, the case drawn out from its total context for the purposes of study must be considered [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Types of Observation 2. Merits and Limitations of Observation 3. Difficulties. Types of Observation: Observation may take place in the natural or real life setting or in a laboratory. Observational procedures tend to vary from complete flexibility to the use of pre-coded detailed formal instrument. The observer may himself participate actively [...]