"Data collection skills and techniques in social science and humanities" : political science as a pattern

Abstract EN

No doubt that any academic research seeks to find out the absolute facts and the casual external or internal reasons stand behind.

This mission is easier in science than humanities, since we can test the relevant variables in science while in humanities we cannot do it at the same level of accuracy.

Therefore, there are varying methods in any research paper, but since utilizing one research method is insufficient and uncovering the "how" and "why" and that all research methods have their advantages and their limitations.

Hence it is common to combine several methods in a single piece of research, using each to supplement and check on the others so the combination of the best features of different approaches as and when appropriate that will strengthen the research methodology and will be completed and hopefully illuminated by others, this is called "triangulation".

Distinguishing between quantitative and qualitative research approaches at this research specially those used in political science has led us further to identify the various contributions we can expect from each to the final research product.