TY - BOOK AU - Majumdar, P K. TI - Research methods in social science SN - 9788130917443 PY - 2005/// CY - New Delhi PB - Viva Books KW - Research methods KW - Social science N1 - Includes index N2 - An ardent in social science today take as much as interest in the research conclusions as the methods by which they are arrived at. Increasingly , the merit of a research is judged not by conclusions but by the design of the research and the assumptions the researcher makes about his method and data, methods of selection of the sample , controls exercised at different stages of the study , the nature of measurements involved and the statistical/mathematical models used in comprehensive understanding of this vastly complex social world . The managerial skill of the researcher is increasingly drawing attention. ER -