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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Write short note : Social research design.

  • UPSC 2005
  • Sociology as a Science

A research design is the overall blueprint, or logical structure, that connects a research question to its ultimate conclusions — it specifies in advance what data will be collected, from whom or what, using which methods, and how that data will be analysed.

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  • What a Research Design Is
  • The Core Elements a Design Specifies
  • Design Choices Follow from the Nature of the Research Question
  • Why a Design Matters

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