01472nam a22001337a 4500008004100000020001500041050001200056100002300068245007700091260003800168300002500206505108500231650002201316120918t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9988606230  aH62.K96  aKumekpor, Tom K.B.  aResearch methods and techniques of social research. /cTom K.B. Kumekpor  aGhana:bSonlife Printing,cc2002.  axxvi, 304 p.:c22cm.  aContents: Man's quest for understanding the puzzles of his environment -- Scientific method -- Key concepts -- The Nature of social research and the necessity for training in research methodology in the social sciences -- Scientific experimentation-controlled observation -- Data collection techniques for social science research -- Participant observation as a method of data collection in the field -- Records and record-keeping -- Methods of controlled observation and collection of social data -- Techniques of social surveys -- The Questionnair: design, construction and administration -- The Interview and interviewing -- Fieldwork organisation -- Fieldwork preparations -- The Field situation - The Actual enumeration -- Field organization -- Some lessons from a rural social survey -- The Research proposal -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Enumerator / interviewer and his/her role in a social survey -- Appendix B: Purpose of the present survey -- Appendix C -- Appendix D: Department of sociology, University of Ghana, Legon survey of selected low income areas in Accra.  bResearch Methods.