Social Research Methods 400337: Methods, Ethics, and Applications

This report delves into the realm of social research methods, emphasizing the crucial role of qualitative and quantitative approaches in understanding social settings. It explores the process of data collection, the significance of population and sample selection, and the formulation of research questions. The report also addresses the strengths and limitations of different methods, particularly focusing on the advantages of qualitative research in capturing emotions and behaviors. Furthermore, it touches upon the ethical considerations involved in social research and the application of interviewing methods in addressing research questions. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wealth of study resources including past papers and solved assignments.

SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS
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Research focus
The research is focused on establishment of the context of the
intellectuals in the relationship to the social research methods.
I chose this social research method because, there are disciplines
in which a researcher may identify and apply the qualitative
approach in collecting and analyzing data. Most of these
disciplines include the data in soft science, fieldwork, journalism,
filming, and art and music performance, as well as making quilts
(Walliman, 2017). The qualitative approach may also be used in
the ethnography, montage, as well as bricolage. On the same
regard, the researcher can be seen in these disciplines as the
maker of quilts, an assembler of films, and a cook.

Methods
I have selected Qualitative as well as the Quantitative methods. The
methods I have selected play a major role in development of the
social research methods. Through the methods the development of
the way the social settings can be determined and evaluated. It is
through the qualitative method that all the information relevant for
the study can be evaluated and met. In social research methods the
quantitative type of the method gives the magnitude over which
the study will be carried out. The two types of the methods gives
the important information regarding the useful form of the
information to be carried out during the study. The data to be
collected by the users are well conveyed by the researchers. The
pattern of the data can be well collected through the need of those
who are carrying out the research (Denzin, 2015).

Population and sample
The population and the samples to be collected is well
corresponding to the social research methods used.
The analysis of the statics is well determined in the
determination of the data populace. The research
takes it as mandate to have the population of the
samples collected either through systematic way or
random collection of the samples for the analysis. The
population determination cost the researchers to
have the consideration of the data trend from one
factor u nit to another.

Data samples
The data determination on their trend is carried out
through making sure the statement of the data flow is
well interpreted. The identical types of the cross are
used by the social researchers I their methods. The
participants in the research are the key elements for
the establishment of the population in the research
methods. It si very important to have the statement
from one of the participants and the responded s of
the study for the determination of the sample
population in the social research methods (Walliman,
2017).

Research question
Research question: What kind of the research
methods and ethical applications are adopted
considering drawbacks and benefits?
The topic of the example is; Understanding the Needs
and Experiences of the social interaction.

Strengths and Limitations of method and
procedure
There are some strengths and the limitations
based on the methods and the procedures used
in the social research methods. The is information
used in the qualitative form of the study method
gives the display of the limitations which can be
encounter during the study. The qualities of the
information becomes very impossible for it to be
reduced in their number and this is one of the
key challenges and limitations in this.

Benefits
The qualitative have an advantage that it over a
certain type of the emotions and behavior regarding
the type of the behavior in human personalities. In
the case, the quantitative form of the study
becomes very difficult to match (Upper Saddle
River, 2007).

Study application methods
The research conducts this kind of the study for the
application of the interviewing form of the methods
in the determination of the research question to be
used in social methods. The question of research is
mainly based on the majority in the social forms of
the social research.

References
Denzin, N. (2015). The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage
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Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson.PLOS. (2007, August 28). Qualitative Research:
Understanding Patients' Needs and Experiences,
Bryman, A. (2008) Social Research Methods (third edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press
Flick, U. (2009) An Introduction to Qualitative Research (fourth edition). London: Sage.
Walliman, N. (2017). Research methods: The basics. Routledge.