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M.A. (Part (Sem. II) EXAMINATION, 2018
SOCIOLOGY (Compulsory)
SC-04 Methodology of Social Research
(2008 PATTERN)
Time Three Hours Maximum Marks 80
N.B. All questions are compulsory.
(ii Figures to the right indicate full marks.
1. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words
Define Ethnomethodology. How did Ethnomethodology criticise
positivism
(ii State the Participatory Action Research as a strategy for qualitative
research.
2. Answer any one of the following questions within 500 words
Examine Structured Interview as a strategy for quantitative
research.
(ii State the differences between quantitative and qualitative research.
3. Answer any two of the following questions within 250 words each
Elaborate on the position of researcher in social research.
(ii Discuss the problem of adequacy in social research.
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(iii State Comte's Notion of Positivism.
What is impact of post-modernism on positivism
4. Write notes on any four in 100 words each
Thomas Kuhn's criticism on positivism
(ii Popper's falsification method
(iii Triangulation
Ethnography
Paradigm shift
Objectives of social survey.