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Indira Gandhi National Open University
MSO-107: Foundations of Social Science Research
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Programme Code: MASO
Course Code: MSO-107
Assignment Code: MSO-107/AST/TMA/2026-2027
Maximum Marks: 100 Weightage: 30% Answer any five questions in about 500 words each. Marks
1. Explain the logic of inquiry in social science research. How does it differ from common-sense understanding of social reality?
2. What is mean by ‘understanding from below’? Outline its significance in sociological research.
3. What is epistemology? Examine the major epistemological issues in social science research.
4. What is the empirical approach in social research?
5. Discuss Bacon’s Contribution to philosophy of social sciences.
6. Critically examine the feminist approach to social research.
7. What is hermeneutics? Discuss its contribution to the understanding of social action and meaning.
8. Explain the main principles of positivism. Present the major criticisms of the positivist approach.
9. Explain the major tenets of comparative method. Critically examine its use in social research.
10. Explain the culturalist approach to the understanding of social reality.
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