AIR 27 · CSE 2020 · Sociology I · 37 pages

Maithreyi Naidu: Sociology I answer copy

13 answers by Maithreyi Naidu, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Significance of case studies as a method of data collection
  2. Q1(b)Intellectual influences affecting the emergence of sociology
  3. Q1(c)"The subject matter and scope of sociology have been intensely debated but still it is not practical to rein its purview within specific boundaries." Examine
  4. Q1(d)Types of probability samples
  5. Q2(a)“Sociology can be termed a science because it fulfills the basic requirements of objective and rational knowledge of social reality”. Critically examine
  6. Q2(b)Sociology as a discipline is more than common sense. Explain the validity of this statement.
  7. Q4(a)Comment on the critics charge that Immanuel Wallerstein's dependency theory is simplistic and wrong. (a) Ogburn's theory of 'defunctionalization' of family
  8. Q4(b)Comment on why neo-idealists and symbolic interactionists are critical of positivism in sociology (b) Education as a medium of cultural reproduction
  9. Q4(c)Explain the significance of 'hypotheses' in formulation of sociological theories.
  10. Q4(d)Feminization of labour in informal sector
  11. Q8(a)Examine the impact of information technology on social organization of work in contemporary society.
  12. Q8(b)Enumerate the characteristics of 'informally organized work' in certain types of societies.
  13. Q8(c)Discuss the importance of lineage and descent in kinship and family.

The answers

Question 1(a) · 180 words written

Significance of case studies as a method of data collection

Opening

Case studies as a method of data collection has been extensively used with sociology as well as social anthropology to not only collect data about social reality but also to demonstrate sociological theories. Its significance lies in its multidimensional nature. Its advantages include -

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(i) Case studies can be used to collect detailed information about a particular event or phenomenon. As it limits the field of study, it expands the researcher's ability to study a case comprehensively.

(ii) It can accommodate a diverse range of methods such as interviews, historical records, observation etc which increases the reliability of the data.

(iii) It enables temporal studies where the same case can be examined over a period of time.

(iv) It is a crucial part of policy implementation where the effect of decisions can be examined on an intense scale.

(v) It can help gain specific data to clarify and expand on existing theory and research.

Close

The Chicago School demonstrated extensively the use of the case study method through works such as the 'Gold Coast and The Slum', 'The Polish Peasant', etc.