(extra) social survey

Using a standardized questionnaire to targeted questions to interview a sample of the population against the investigation, saying it is designed for a purpose social surveys to collect data according to the plan will be. And modifying the collected data via a coding typically analyzed quantitatively, which approximate a correlation between two or more variables or variable for the exploration descriptive information to identify the work. Social Research in the Sociology of the most frequently used research techniques, research and commercial research government, non-profit, etc. widely used in social research.

 

Social investigation of the main steps are as follows: First, the definition of the problem and refine the concept, and second, the formation of hypotheses, and the third, the sample selection, the fourth, a research tool (usually questionnaires) for the preliminary investigation, the fifth, the respondents in the sample selected for the survey through interviews Survey, Sixth, and modification of data coding, seventh, positive results through the computer in the process of investigation, the eighth, the appropriate statistical methods to analyze the results mobilization, ninth, papers, reports, and write the results of the study.

 

A special type of social research survey in the mail, which you do not have to interview the investigator. Instead, a return envelope with the questionnaire by mail sent to the selected subjects. Postal survey interviews are less expensive than the costs, but a simple questionnaire, and must avoid complex questions, such as the response for the low recovery rate of disadvantage, because some of the less used in research through interviews.

 

This report reflects many multivariate analysis techniques have been developed to deal with. Cross-analysis (cross-tabulation) the systematic use of the Raja Nassfeld (Lazarsfeld) was developed by, and now the most widely used method of analysis. Correlation, regression, factor analysis is also used. Linear algebraic analysis (log linear analysis) developed very recently, things like that also show significant potential.

 

When Clair (Cicourel) and Phillips (DL Philips) critics such as social phenomena and materials for the validity of the measure in terms of pointed out the limitations of social research. However, many research papers have been known which are based on survey data, the survey is reliable, efficient, and economical cost it would be useful for social research methods. Social Survey, which is also called social research translation, research method is the case of qualitative research, including a more in-depth sociological research methods can be considered.