समाजशास्त्रीय अनुसंधान की पद्धतियां Samajik Anusandhan Ki Paddhati (Methods of Sociological Enquiry) byDr. Bharat Agarwal, Dr. Ravindra Nath Mukherjee ( SBPD Publications )

An excellent book with thorough coverage for MA and BA classes, also very helpful for the students preparing for various competitive and professional examinations.

1. Social Research : Meaning, Scope and Importance, 2 . Hypothesis : Meaning, Types, Characteristics and Importance, 3. Nature of Social Phenomena and Difficulties in Way of its Scientific Study, 4. Scientific Method : Logic in Social Science, 5. Methods of Social Research : Quantitative and Qualitative, 6. Case Study, 7. Content Analysis, 8 . Types of Research : Basic, Applied and Empirical, 9. Research Design : Exploratory, Descriptive, Diagnostic and Experimentally, 10. Techniques of Data Collection, 11. Survey, 12. Sampling Techniques, 13. Observation, 14. Questionnaire, 15 . Schedule, 16. Interview, 17. Primary and Secondary Sources of Data, 18. Classification of Data, Tabulation and Presentation, 19. Graphical and Diagrammatical Presentation of Data, 20. Measurement of Central Tendency : Mean, Median and Mode, 21. Processing or Analysis of Data, 22. Report Writing.