Research Methodology -- A Survey

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to evaluation of research methodology. 2. Historical evidence of research. 3. Search for material. 4. Categorization in research methodology. 5. Tools of research. 6. Action research. 7. Sampling procedures. 8. Observation in research. 9. Devices in research. 10. Portraiture in research methodology. 11. Research for intelligence tests. 12. Documentation in research. 13. Theory of presentation. 14. Hypothesis and research. Index.

"With the passage of time, the resistance to orthodox explanations mounted and people with scientific bent of mind started putting greater reliance on facts. The empirical evidence for or against the dogmas was given greater credence and this type of reasoning marked a great challenge to old and false beliefs of vested men and represented a significant step in the direction of scientific research. The concept of research thus developed into a scientific investigation. The difficulties in the process of research did, however, not end but got manifested in a more precise form. The lack of systematic scientific observations and objective methodology greatly restricted the progress of research on the lines of scientific enquiry. Thinking itself was not systematic and many a times researcher would either over or under generalize the observations and sometimes make the interpretations biased. The first step, therefore, in the development of the concept of research was to think systematically about thinking itself. Once this thing occurred to human mind, the era of logic began." (jacket)