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UNIT - I Basic Concepts of Social Research 1.Social Research : Concept, Objectives, Types, Importance and Stages, 2. Scientific Method : Concept, Characteristics and Significance, 3. Social Survey : Concept, Characteristics, Types, Signi-ficance, Distinction between Social Research and Social Survey, 4. Hypothesis : Meaning, Characteristics, Importance and Sources, 5. Techniques of Data Collection, 6. Primary and Secondary Data, 7. Sampling : Concept, Characteristics of a Good Sample, Merits, Limitations and Types, 8. Questionnaire : Meaning, Types, Formulation, Utility and Limitations, 9. Schedule : Meaning, Types, Limitations, Utility and Difference between Schedule and Questionnaire, 10.Observation : Concept, Types, Utility and Limitations, 11. Interview : Concept, Types, Utility and Limitations, 12. Case Study : Concept, Process, Merits and Demerits, 13. Sociometry Concept, History, Utility and Limitations, 14. Content Analysis, 15. Objectivity : Concept, Characteristics, Importance and Difficulties in Achieving Objectivity in Social Research, 16. Classification and Tabulation of Data, 17. Report Writing, 18. Meaning of Statistics, Utility and Limitations, 19. Measurement of Central Tendency : Mean, Median and Mode, 20. Diagrammitical Presentation of Data, 21. Use of Computer in Social Research, UNIT - IInd Social Change and Development1.Social Change : Concept, Nature and Factors of Social Change, 2. Forms of Social Change : Evolution and Revolution, 3. Progress and Development, 4. Theories of Social Change, 5. Westernization : Meaning, Characteristics and Conse-quences, 6. Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Modernisation, 7.Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Modernisation, 8. Globalization, 9. Information Revoluation, 10. Social Movements, 11. Role of Social Movement in Social Change, 12. Agencies of Social Development : State, Non-Government Agencies and Market, 13. Sustainable Development, 14.Indian Experience of Development, 15. Social Planning : Meaning, Objective, Nature, Limitations and Requisites of Effective Planning, 16. Sociological Appraisal of Five Year Plans, 17. Social Policy : Meaning, Definition, Characteristics and its Formulation, 18. Community Development Programme, 19. Niti Ayog,