Social Survey and Social Research

Surveys are mainly used in social science research in which individual people are taken as the unit of analysis. These individual people are also called respondents or a person who provides data for analysis by responding to questionnaire. Survey research is best used to gain information about large populations which the researcher cannot exactly observe. Surveys are also used to gather information about attitudes and orientation of a large population. Social research can serve a variety of purposes. It is truly a magnum opus that will be very helpful to students, the research scholars, social scientists and policymakers. This book re-examines the concept of social survey and Social research in the Indian and abroad context and attempts to integrate participatory and rights-based concerns