Discussion Day

Number

Topic Number

Topic

Main Materials

(additional materials will be assigned)

Related Topics

1

1

Introduction

Bailey Ch 1 and handout

Nature of Social Science Research/Stages in the Research Process

2

Outline and Content of Research Proposal

Preliminaries

2

3

Identifying a Research Topic and Formulating the Research Problem

Bailey Ch 2

Blalock Ch 3

Constructing Social Explanations, Exploratory, Descriptive, & Explanatory Research

4

Writing Research Objectives

3

5

Writing Bibliography and In-text Citations

TBA and handouts

TBA

6

Writing the Review of Literature

4

7

Writing a framework of analysis or a theoretical framework

Bailey Ch 2 and 20

Theory and Paradigm

5

8

Formulating and testing research hypotheses

Bailey Ch 3 and books on statistics

Testing Hypothesis and Strategies for Hypothesis Formulation and Verification

On Other Sections of  the Research Methodology Section

6

9

Measurement and Research Design Alternatives

Bailey Ch 4

Campbell

Blalock Ch 5

Validity, Reliability, Pre-experimental, True Experimental, and Quasi-Experimental Designs

Sources of Rival Hypothesis

Controlling Variance

7-10

10

Methodology versus Technique

Bailey Ch 6-13

Blalock Ch 19

Survey & Non-survey, Experimental & Non-experimental, Formal & Informal, Quantitative & Qualitative, Standard & Emerging Methods

11

Sources of Data

12

Data Gathering or Collection Strategies

and Techniques

11

13

Using Questionnaires

Bailey Ch 6 and TBA

n.a.

12-13

14

Sampling and Determination of the Appropriate Sample Size

Bailey Ch 5

Blalock Ch 7

See also Statistical Books

14-16

15

Statistics to Use

Stat books, SPSS, and Handouts

See also Statistical Books

16

Editing, Tabulation, Coding, Data Reduction, Presentation, Planning and Actual Data Analysis

Bailey Ch 14-16, TBA, and handouts

n.a.

17

17

Writing the body of the research report, footnoting, and presentation of tables, figures, and graphs

Handouts and other materials

n.a.

18

Writing the Conclusion Section of the Research Report

19

Principle of Unity in the Research Report and Writing the Abstract

20

Other Technical Aspects of the Research Report or Thesis

18-19

21

Issues in Social Science Research

Bailey Ch 17-19

Inclusionary Research Methods, Ethical and Application Issues

AFTER 19 DAYS OR MORE OF DISCUSSION: ADDITIONAL FIELD METHODS AND EXERCISES

POINTS

WEIGHT

REQUIREMENT

Deadline

10

10%

Research Problem and Objectives

15 July

10

20%

Review of Literature and Improved Research Problem and Objectives

6 August

10

20%

Research Proposal

1 October

TBA

50%

Field Methods and Other Exercises

Bailey, Kenneth [1994].  Methods of Social Research 3^rd ed. N.Y. : The Free Press.

Blalock, Hubert M. [1964] Causal Inferences in Non-Experimental Research, USA: North Carolina Press.

Bautista, Ma. Lourdes and Co, Stella [1985].   Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods,  Manila : De La Salle University Research Centre.

Campbell, Donald and Julian Stanley [1963].  Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research.  Chicago : Ran-McNally.

Edmunds, Holly  [1999]. The Focus Group Research Handbook, USA:  NTC Contemporary Publishing Group, 1999.

Y. Kassam and K. Mustafa,  Participatory Research:  An Emerging Alternative Methodology in Social Science Research,  Society for Participatory Research in Asia, 1982.

L.H. Kidder,  Research Methods in Social Relations, Holt-Saunders International Editions, 1981 4th ed.

Cristina Parel, et.al., Social Survey Research Design, PSSC Social Survey Series 1, Q.C. : PSSC, Inc., 1978.  168p.