Their object of study is the human being and its collective or social dimension.
Social Sciences
It is a tool to collect information on the object or situation that is being studied.
Research Instrument
This method is known as the experimental form of the social sciences.
Comparative Method
They are forms of qualitative research based on practical experience since they seek to describe in detail the observerd object.
Observational methods
This method consists of obtaining information from the study subjects provided by their opinions, attitudes, or suggestions.
Interview
They are the steps of the Scientific Method of the Social Sciences.
Exploration, Planning, Execution, Evaluation, Communication
They are the names of the two types of interviews
Structured and Unstructured
These are the five reasearch approaches in social sciences.
Historical Method, Comparative Method, Critical Rational Method, Quantitative Method and the Qualitative Method
Form of observational research where the researcher records his observations in the place where the researched phenomenon occurs.
Field Studies
They are remarkably similar to questionnaires, but with an entirely rigid structure.
Survey
Step of the Scientific Method of Social Sciences that consists in the observation and delimination of the problem.
Exploration
Research technique that consist in the collection of previous information about the chosen topic and some peculiarities of the research questions.
Documentary Technique
It is charachterized by obtaining data immediately and personally having direct contact with the object or reality being studied.
Qualitative Method
It is carried out in researches where the deductive method is mainly used tohether with the collection of measurable data.
Quantitative Research
In this type of interview, the questions are particular and seek short and precise answers about specific aspects of the interviewer's interest.
Structured Interview
It is the ability to choose between different alternatives as well as to make decisions voluntarily.
Free will
It uses as instruments concrete questions aimed at obtaining answers from a considerable number of people related to the problem under study.
Quesionnaire
States that the only real and authentic knowledge is the one obtained through the methods of experimental sciences.
Positivism
Example of instruments of quantitative research
Multiple Choice Questionnaires, Surveys, Scales , Statistics and Experiments
They are the 3 types of Sources of Information.
Primary, Seconadry and Tertiary Sources
It is the name of the philosophical theory of knowledge that studies the origin, scope and way in which the human being knows and generates knowledge.
Gnoseology
Research technique that allows the direct observation of the objecto fo study and the collection of data through immediate contact.
Field Technique
Name of the spanish sociologist that identified five the five research approaches in the field of social studies.
Miguel Beltrán Villalva
Theory or set of theories that are valuable model to be followed to solve or specific situations
Paradigm
This technique supports all of the and consists of recording obtained the data in a format that organizes the information.
Indexinge