What do you mean by empirical social research / (- method) now these days?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manosh Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Empirical Social Research

Ethnographic Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 138-159
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Separate Entity ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
The Stranger ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Final Text

This chapter considers some of the essential features of ethnography as a qualitative method. The main theoretical foundations of ethnographic approach are explained; however, the emphasis is mainly on how ethnography is done. Thus, the techniques for collecting data used by ethnographers take the central part of this chapter with some special attention to the methodology of observation. Through many examples, the authors describe the various forms of observation as a social research method. It is useful to illustrate the approach of the ethnographer through the metaphor of the “stranger” because “reflexivity” is an important part of the qualitative approach of ethnography. The practicalities of recording the field research and writing memos are fully considered in conjunction with practical suggestions and conceptual discussion, including the writing up of the final text which should be the conclusion of a consequential process, rather than a separate entity.

Secondary Analysis for Digitized Data

2022 ◽  
pp. 898-919
Author(s):  
Gennaro Iorio ◽  
Marco Palmieri ◽  
Geraldina Roberti
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The Web

Secondary analysis for quantitative data is a social research method traditionally employed for statistical analysis of administrative data. In the new digital society, this old research method that pre-existed the emergence of the new digital environment has been digitized to carry out its valuable activity in doing science. In this chapter, the secondary analysis for digitized data is illustrated. Thanks to the growing availability of datasets digitized on the web, the scholars of social well-being use the secondary analysis to inquiry this phenomenon through a cross-national perspective. The authors present the empirical study of World Love Index, in which the utility of the secondary analysis in finding and selecting valid indicators of social well-being is experienced.

Max Weber and Empirical Social Research

1965 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Lazarsfeld ◽  
Anthony R. Oberschall
Keyword(s):  
Max Weber ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Empirical Social Research

Itawes Indigenous Foods: Their Health and Socio-Cultural Meaning

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
HILDA A. MANZOLIM
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
The Other ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Indigenous Foods

The Itawes is one of the indigenous groups of Isabela, Philippines, along withthe Ybanags, Yogads, and Gaddangs. In Cagayan Valley, two groups of Itawes arefound: one from the Province of Cagayan and the other, from Echague, Isabela.This study was conducted to document the indigenous foods of the Itawes thatare gradually vanishing due to the modern way of living or due to acculturation.As the foods slowly disappear, so do the foods’ associated meanings and beliefsattached to them.  Being aware of their indigenous foods would help maintainand create a link or bridge the gap between the Itawes’ past generations to thepresent. The study used the descriptive research method. Triangulation wasutilized using direct participatory approach, in depth interview and a focus groupdiscussion. The foods were documented and the health and social meanings andbeliefs attached to these foods were noted and explained by the elders. Frequencyand percentages were used. The findings showed that Itawes favorite exotic foods were the following: fried “duron”, ‘simmawa”, “utoy” and “talagang”; their dessert, “bahat”, “mang-ga”, “dendelut”, “pinatarak” and “dinuntuan”. TheItawes’ social life and physical health had been closely associated with their foods.Some of their indigenous foods and practices had been consistently confrontedwith the influence of modernization and development that seriously endangertheir traditional cultures or the total obliteration of their culture.Keywords: Social Research, Itawes, indigenous foods, descriptive design, Philippines

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document