Major research methods in social policy study and public administration
- Country : Nigeria
- Subject : Sociology
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of research methods, tools, techniques and designs available research in the twin fields of social policy study and public administration. Social policy is seen in the paper as a sub-discipline of public administration, which grows out of political science to apply management principles in administering state apparatus. The paper presented case study, experimental with reference to quasi-experiment, historical etc as the most useful research methods among others. It is an explorative review. It concluded that reliance on research method will increase the body of knowledge of policy administration and recommended acquaintance with modern research tools, software and numeric skill to practitioners, scholars and students in the area.
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