Syllabus
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Course Code: MSW(C) -303 Course Name: Social Work Research and Statistics-I |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | - Scientific Study: meaning, characteristics and steps in Scientific Study - Concepts and variables: Meaning and Definitions. Objectivity and Subjectivity - Social Phenomena- Nature, levels of measurement and problems in measurement of Social Phenomena - Social Research: meaning, nature, objectives, need and importance - Baseline Survey and Social Survey. - SAGE (Situation Analysis and Goal Establishment) – as a tool of research and MIS |
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| 2 | - Types of Social Research- Historical, Descriptive and Experimental - Scaling Techniques – Bogardus, Sociometric, Thurstun and Likert – an overview - Research Proposals: steps and importance - Identification, sources and criteria of Research Problem - Review of related Literature- significance and sources |
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| 3 | - Hypothesis – meaning, characteristics, types, formulation and uses - Sampling – meaning, need, steps, characteristics, pre-testing and types - Tools of Data Collection: characteristics, types, uses and limitations of Questionnaire, Interview, Observation, Case Study and Focused Group Discussion. - Analysis of data – meaning, significance and process |
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| 4 | - Statistics: meaning and significance. - Primary and secondary sources of data - Classification and Tabulation of data: types and importance. - Diagrammatic and Graphic presentation of data: meaning, significance and limitation. - Graphs of frequency distribution- Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Smooth Frequency Curve and Ogive. |
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