Qualitative and quantitative methods
Key points
- Quantitative research designs
- Qualitative research designs
- Triangulation
- Mixed methods
Previous year questions
Questions asked from this topic in UPSC Sociology Optional:
- How do you view and assess the increasing trend of digital ethnography and use of visual culture in sociological research?
- What do you understand be ‘Mixed method’? Discuss its strengths and limitations in Social research.
- What are the different dimensions of qualitative method? Do you think that qualitative methods help to gain a deeper sociological insight? Give reasons for your answer.
- What is the distinctiveness of the feminist method of Social research Comment?
- Discuss the challenges involved in collecting data through census method
- How do qualitative and quantitative methods supplement each other in sociological enquiry?
- Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative techniques of data collection with suitable examples from Indian society.
- Examineepistemologicalfoundationsofqualitativemethodsofsocialresearch.
- Analyze the importance of qualitative method on social research.
- Analyse the limitation of quantitative methods in social research.