Title: TOPIC 1/UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Course: PUB 620: Social Science Research

TOPIC DESCRIPTION

This topic aims at enhancing your understanding of social science research and introduces and clarifies to you the aims of social science research (Description, Explanation, Understanding, Interpretation, and Analysis) and the key social science research concepts especially those explaining ways of knowing about (Tenacity, Authority, A priori, magic, Science), the three broad paradigms or approaches in research(Scientific/positivistic, Humanistic, critical paradigm).

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this topic, you will be able to:

1.  Define  key concepts in social science research

2.  Explain the major aims of social science research

3.  Explain different ways of knowing reality in Social Science Research (Ontology, Epistemology, etc.)

4. Describe and differentiate social science research paradigms/ approaches