Scientific method and research methodology: The advance learner’s dictionary of current English lays down the meaning of research as “A careful investigation or inquiry especially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge”. According to Clifford woody –research comprises defining and redefining problem, formulating hypothesis or suggested solutions, collecting, organizing and evaluating data, […]
Category: Sociology
114. Sociology : Facts, Values and Objectivity
What science is not? Science is not an art. Science calls for thought, though we can do much thinking that is not scientific thinking. The purpose of science is to produce knowledge -not to produce wisdom. It is important to know that knowledge and ideas are not the same, for not all ideas are […]
93. Sociology as a Science
SOCIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE What is science and what is not? This question has often been the subject of debate, perhaps because ‘science’ is a matter of degree. Sociology does make use of scientific methods in the study of its subject-matter. The definition of science is a mass of knowledge concerning a particular subject acquired […]