Social Skills for the Social Science

SOCIAL SKILLS FOR THE
SOCIAL SCIENCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1- SECTION.........................................................................................................................1
PART 1- SECTION 2......................................................................................................................2
PART 2............................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Research methods are different kinds of processes, strategies or techniques that helps in
collection and analysis of data for identifying new information that can be used understanding
the topic in a much better manner (Zangirolami-Raimundo and et.al., 2018). The main purpose of
this essay is to identify main difference between quantitative and qualitative research methods in
the social sciences. Both the research methods are completely different from each other and are
used for different purposes. Quantitative research methods help in analysing systematic
explanation of social phenomena using different kinds of models and theories for development of
scientific knowledge base. Whereas qualitative research methods are used in social science is
used for development of frameworks of testing or analysing individual’s experience within
specific social and cultural settings. This essay will further fucus upon effective understanding of
social science research and identifying theories that might be ideologically aligned with
understanding specific social issues. This essay will be focusing upon thee different sections.
First section will be focusing upon different kinds of theoretical approaches that tend to use
qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Second section will be focusing upon differences
between quantitative and qualitative research. In this section different types of methodologies
used in qualitative and quantitative research will be explained. It will further explain reasons
because of which sample sizes differ between quantitative and qualitative research
methodologies. Last part will be focusing upon four articles (2 qualitative and 2 quantitative
articles). In which key arguments of chosen articles ill be explained, data collection method used
in chosen articles with explanation or reason because of which those methods have been chosen.
PART 1- SECTION 1
Theoretical approaches help in developing strong foundation by collecting and verifying
extensive applications of methods whose main objectives is to explain research phenomenon for
achieving research objectives. There are two major types of theoretical approaches that are
majorly used in qualitative methodologies as well as in qualitative methodologies.
Theoretical approaches tend to use quantitative methodologies are: One of the main theoretical
approach that uses quantitative methodologies is positivism approach. This approach majorly
relies on theories that are required to be tested (Maxwell, 2019). This approach is mostly related
to collection and conversion of data which is in numerical form so that it can be analysed using
statistical calculations in order to draw true conclusion. This approach prefers using quantitative
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