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The book is a comprehensive text describing various aspects of research with classic examples and case studies. Research becomes meaningful with inclusion of empirical studies conducted in the Indian context. The book includes critical research inquiry topics in each chapter which are relevant for critical evaluation of many research-related concepts. Students and researchers can enhance their knowledge as each chapter has a reading list of good research articles and books. Discussion questions and exercises have also been formulated for the students to evaluate their learning and to practice research. The text also includes the statistical analysis which can help the students to understand the basic characteristics of descriptive and inferential statistics, and for detailed analysis they can refer to the books on statistics.Features:• This book talks about different methodologies used in conducting research in different social science disciplines and in the applied fields.• Content deals with the selection of appropriate methods in the research methodology used for a social research inquiry. Social research is a systematic process consisting of different steps, including data collection.• Details on ethical guidelines and research skills a researcher needs to conduct an empirical study and enhance the quality of research.• Book also describe various research issues and challenges experienced while using the different research methodologies.Table of Contents:Chapter 1) Introduction to Social ResearchChapter 2) Approaches to Social ResearchChapter 3) Ethics in Social ResearchChapter 4) Research Skills, Communication and DisseminationChapter 5) Survey ResearchChapter 6) Experimental ResearchChapter 7) Statistics in Social Research-I: Descriptive StatisticsChapter 8) Statistics in Social Research-II: Inferential StatisticsChapter 9) Ethnography ResearchChapter 10) Case Study ResearchChapter 11) Life-History and Narrative ResearchChapter 12) Action Research