Methodologies & Tools

Methodologies & Analytical Tools

Introduction: Provides practical tools and paradigms for conducting social science research, bridging theory and empirical inquiry.

• Quantitative & Qualitative Methods
  Social statistics, ethnography, oral history (e.g., Earl Babbie’s The Practice of Social Research).

• Critical Paradigms
  Feminist theory, postcolonial studies, structuralism (e.g., Edward Said’s Orientalism).

• Data-Driven Approaches
  Big data analysis, digital ethnography, visualization tools (e.g., Computational Social Science by Cioffi-Revilla).