TY - BOOK AU - Acharyya, Rajat AU - Bhattacharya, Nandan [Ed.] TI - Research Methodology for Social Sciences SN - 9780367463922 U1 - 300.721 PY - 2019/// CY - Milton : PB - Taylor & Francis Group, KW - Social sciences--Methodology KW - Research Methodology N1 - 1. Methodological or Epistemological Issues in Social Research; 2. Towards a Pragmatic Centre: Debates on Qualitative Methodology; 3. Ethnographic Fieldwork: The Predicaments and Possibilities; 4. Diversity in Economics: An Examination and Defence of Heterodox Approach; 5. Game Theory: Strategy Design in Conflict Situations; 6. Impact evaluation: a simple need and a difficult choice of methodology; 7. Construction of Different Types of Indices in Social Science: Some Numerical Examples; 8. Designing a Primary Survey-Based Research; 9. Sampling Methods: A Survey; 10. An Introduction to Statistical Inference; 11. Problem of Endogeneity in Social Science Research; 12. Quantitative Methods for Qualitative Variables in Social Science: An Introduction N2 - This volume provides a guide in social sciences through discussions on epistemological issues, debates over research methods, survey design, choice of sample, construction of indices, statistical inferences, and quantitative analyses of both qualitative and quantitative data by experts in the relevant fields. ER -