What are social scientific research?

Question

distinguish between social science resarch and other types of research

also what are the limitations of social science research

Answer 1

Research into the Social Sciences (so called because without society they would not exist), Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Psychology to name four.

As to limits, well, I cannot think of any unspecific-ally.

Answer 2

social science research is the kind of research that looks into problems relating to human beings and would largely fall under the broad discipline called "humanities". social science research differs from other research essentially in terms of methodology and the kind of questions the researcher asks.

to give an example, lets consider the case of a particular disease, at the risk of sounding cliche, AIDS. the medical scientist would ask what are the causes, symptoms, spread of and the cure, if at all, for disease. on the other hand, a social scientist would look into the stigma attached to the disease, the patterns of disclosure, the treatment seeking behaviour, the frequency of the disease in a particular geographical or cultural area, etc etc etc....

methodologically the most significant difference is that the social scientist cannot work in a definite physical lab. the society is his laboratory and his subjects, the people.