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Social research method is one of the important methods of social work, discuss the importance of social research method and it significance to social work practice

2006-08-23 01:48:34 · 4 answers · asked by incc c 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Social research refers to research conducted by social scientists (primarily within sociology, but also within other disciplines such as social policy, human geography, political science, social anthropology and education. Sociologists and other social scientists study diverse things: from census data on hundreds thousands of human beings, through the in-depth analysis of a life of a single important person to monitoring what is happening on a streets today - or what was happening few hundreds years ago.

Social scientists use many different methods in order to describe, explore and understand social life. Social methods can generally be subdivided into two broad categories. Quantitative methods are concerned with attempts to quantify social phenomena and collect and analyse numerical data, and focus on the links among a smaller number of attributes across many cases. Qualitative methods, on the other hand, emphasise personal experiences and interpretation over quantification, are more concerned with understanding the meaning of social phenomena and focus on links among a larger number of attributes across relatively few cases. While very different in many aspects, both qualitative and quantitative approaches involve a systematic interaction between theories and data.

Common tools of quantitative researchers include surveys, questionnaires, and secondary analysis of statistical data that has been gathered for other purposes (for example, censuses or the results of social attitudes surveys). Commonly used qualitative methods include focus groups, participant observation, and other techniques.

2006-08-25 07:33:11 · answer #1 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 1 0

I did not know there was that many people on here with such strong opinions on dogs sniffing a crotch. Well, you learn something new every day

2016-03-17 00:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Views of real people?

2006-08-24 08:30:14 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0 0

nah

2006-08-24 03:53:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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