Research Methods in Cooperatives
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. I. Social research: 2. Definition of research and social research. 3. Social research. 4. Concepts, proposition and theory. 5. Hypothesis. 6. Theory. 7. Organizational features of cooperatives and need for research in cooperatives. II. Methods of research: 8. Classification of research--pure and applied. 9.Ttypes/methods of research. 10. Methods or types for co-operative research. III. Selection of a research problem: 11. Research gap and study of related literature in social research. 12. Selection of a problem for research--how to find a research problem. 13. Process of identification of research problem. 14. Variables and measurement. IV. Research design: 15. Need for research design. 16. Contents of a research design. 17. Importance of objectives and framing of objectives. V. Sampling: 18. Definition, needs and characteristics of sampling. 19. Sample design, sampling theory and sample size. 20. Types of samples. VI. Methods of a data collection: 21. Data collection and types of data. 22. Schedule and questionnaire. 23. Interview, observation and scales. 24. Use of library in research. 25. Methods of data collection for cooperative research. VIII. Processing of data: 26. Editing and coding. 27. Tabulation. 28. Analysis of data. 29. Interpretation of data. 30. Review of cooperative research. VIII. Report writing: 31. Planning research report. 32. Outline of research report. Select bibliography. Model questions. Index.
"The book Research Methods in Cooperatives, is first of its kind and is going to be the first in this area of academic discipline. No other book has been written earlier on this subject. The book deals with the fundamentals of research methods in social science and the same is applied to cooperatives. Research in cooperatives is different from other fields and the unique characteristics of cooperatives are placed in appropriate places in the book. A brief introduction on cooperatives is given to introduce this subject which is followed by the actual application of research methods to cooperatives." (jacket)
