Sunday 4 September 2011

Social Research

Meaning and Definition:
Society is an organized group of persons associated together with shared objectives, norms and values pertain to the society. People have social life and social process.

Research is systematic and organized effort to investigate a specific problem that need a solution. It contributes to the general body of knowledge. It also corrects human knowledge. Social research now can be defined as the systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to the development of generalizations, principles or theories resulting in prediction and possibly ultimate control of events in society. It attempts to answer or solve social problem.

According to C. A. Moser: "Social research is a systematized investigation to gain new knowledge about social phenomena and problems."
According to P. V. Young: "Social research is a scientific understanding which by means of logical methods, aim to discover new facts or old facts and to analyze their sequences, interrelationships, casual explanations and natural laws which govern them."