Quantitative Social Research Methods

Social research plays a crucial role in the development process as it provides the tools to bring about social change. This book presents an in-depth look at social research - its fundamental postulates, tools and techniques of analysis - and assesses its relevance for the development and social sectors in India. The author explores how development changes take place and their impact on rural life, especially on the underprivileged and marginalised sections of society. Divided into two sections, the book first discusses all aspects of social research - its various methods, scope, sampling methodology and significance, and presents quantitative, univariate, bivariate and multivariate data analysis with the help of software packages such as SPSS and STATA. In the second section, the author examines the impact of social research on health and nutrition, poverty and rural development, education, water and sanitation, environment and natural resource management Quantitative Social Research Methods Explores The Entire Spectrum Of Quantitative Social Research Methods And Their Application, With Special Reference To The Development Sector. It Provides Detailed Coverage Of All Statistical Research And Analysis Method With An Emphasis On Multivariate Analysis Techniques, Such As Regression Discriminant Analysis, Logistic Regression, Factor, Cluster, Correspondence And Conjoint Analysis. This Book Aims To Serve As A Guide To Quantitative Methods Of Social Research And So Will Be Of Particular Interest To Scholars, Teachers And Students, And Those Conducting Research In Any Discipline Of The Social Sciences Today.--jacket. Development Research Techniques -- Social Research : Genesis And Scope -- Research Process -- Sampling And Sample Size Estimation -- Data Analysis -- Multivariate Analysis -- Data Analysis Using Quantitative Software -- Population, Health And Nutrition -- Education -- Water And Sanitation -- Poverty, Inequality And Rural Development -- Environment And Natural Resource Management. Kultar Singh. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [411]-423) And Index. Quantitative Social Research Methods explores the entire spectrum of quantitative social research methods and their application, with special reference to the development sector. It provides detailed coverage of all statistical research and analysis method with an emphasis on multivariate analysis techniques, such as regression discriminant analysis, logistic regression, factor, factor, cluster, correspondence and conjoint analysis. The book is thematically arranged in two sections: the first section introduces development research techniques, explores the genesis and scope of social research, research processes and then goes on to explain univariate, bivariate and multivariate data analysis with the help of software packages such as SPSS and STATA. The second focuses on the application of social and development research methods in the development sector. It explores research method application and the issues relevant to aspects of development such as population, health and nutrition, poverty and rural development, education, water and sanitation, and environment and natural resource management. In this volume, Kultar Singh discusses all aspects of social research, before going on to examine its impact on health and nutrition, poverty and rural development, education, water and sanitation, the environment and natural resource management.