MSO-2 EM (2023-24)

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MSO-2 Solved Assignment English Medium 2023-24 for July 2023 and January 2024 Session

M.S.O-02 RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND METHODS

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Core Course in M.A. Sociology

Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)

Programme Code : MSO

Course Code : MSO-002

Assignment Code: MSO-002/AST/TMA/2023-24

Maximum Marks : 100

Weightage : 30%

Answer questions from both the sections.

Section –A

Answer any two of the following questions

1. Discuss the merits and limitation of field research. 
2. What do you understand by participatory research? Explain with the help of suitable examples.
3. Critically examine the relevance of quantitative methods of date analysis in socio logical research.
4. Explain case study as a method of social research. 
5. Discuss the role of ethics in sociological research. 

Section-B

Write a research report on any one of the following topics in about 3000 words.

1. Education and social mobility in India. 
2. Indian youth and the social media. 
3. Street vendors and Indian society. 

You can write this report based either on review of literature, or data collected from the primary sources.

For review of literature you are to select either two books or four research articles published recently on the selected topic of your choice. Write a review article focusing on the location of the study, methodology followed and the main findings of these studies.

For the primary source you are to collect two case studies and write a report on the selected topic in a comparative framework. While writing the report spell out clearly the objectives and the problems of the study and

 problematise the issue within the existing/available literature,

 elaborate your observations, finding and conclusion coherently, and

 make proper referencing at the end.

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