UGC NET Paper1 Previous Year Solved Papers MCQ - 2nd December 2019 Morning Shift

The scientific method has the following basic steps:
1. Making an observation
2. Identifying a research question
3. Forming a concept, hypothesis, or testable explanation
4. Making a prediction or theory based on the hypothesis
5. Testing the prediction and deducing the consequences
6. Adopting a method to verify results

Like the Aristotelian syllogism, the Indian inference has three terms. The major, the minor and the middle are here called sadhya, paksa and linga or heto respectively.

Case study method of research involves a careful, in-depth and complete observation of a person, family, institution, cultural group or even the entire community; and, Ethnographic method involves observation and/or interaction with the study's participants in their real-life environment. So, both these methods will be appropriate in the given context. The other methods are for other specific purposes: Experimental method is scientific research method of manipulating one or more variables, and measures corresponding change in other variables; Descriptive research focuses on describing the nature of a demographic segment or phenomenon that is being studied, rather than finding out the cause/reason behind its occurrence; Historical research involves studying, understanding and interpreting past events by interpretation of documents, diaries and other historical data (primary or secondary sources).