Assignments Mso-002

5Indira Gandhi National Open University
Core Course in M.A. Sociology
MSO-002: Research Methodologies and Methods
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Maximum Marks: 100 Programme Code : MSO
Weightage : 30%
Course Code : MSO-002
Assignment Code: MSO-002/AST/TMA/2012-13
Answer questions from both the sections.
Marks
Section- A
Answer any two of the following questions.
1.
What is phenomenology? Explain the contribution of Martin Heideg ger to understand phenomenology. 25
2.
What is positivism? Discuss Giddens’s critique of positivism.
25
3.
Explain the comparative method. Discuss its scope in socia l science research. 25
4.
Discuss the participatory approach to social research. Comp are and contrast it with conventional research methodologies. 25
5.
Critically examine the nature and scope of feminist method in social science
Research. 25
Section- B
Write a research report on any one of the following topics in about 3000 words.
1.
Change in the family structure and familial relations in I ndia. 50
2.
Significance of open and distance learning in democratization of education. 50
3.
Relevance of quantitative method in sociological research.
50
You can write this report based either on (a) review of literature, or (b) data collected from the primary sources.
(a)
For review of literature you are to select either two books or four research articles published recently professional research journal. Write a revie w article focusing on the location of the study, methodology followed and the main findings of these studies. (b)
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 t he report spell out clearly the objectives and the problems of the study and your finding.