Social Science Research Methodology and Conceptual Perspectives

The book is primarily intended to serve as a textbook for national diploma, higher national diploma, undergraduate and graduate students of research methodology in all disciplines of various higher institutions and universities. It is hoped that the book shall provide guidelines to all interested in research studies of one sort or the other. The book is, in fact, an outgrowth of our experiences in the subject both as students and as lecturers/management consultants / researchers. We are highly indebted to our students and learned colleagues for providing the necessary stimuli for writing this book. We are grateful to all those persons whose writings and works have helped us in the preparation of this book. We are equally grateful to the reviewers of the manuscript of this book who made extreme valuable suggestions and have thus contributed in enhancing the standard of the book. We thankfully acknowledge the assistance provided by other reviewers of the manuscript of this book. We shall feel amply rewarded if the book proves helpful in the development of genuine research studies. We look forward to suggestions from all readers, especially from experienced researchers and scholars for further improving the subject content as well as the presentation of this book