The basic principles of academic research in social sciences do not include

The basic principles of academic research in social sciences do not include: the principle of diversity.

How to do social science research well?

First of all, about the topic selection

1. The significance of the topic

Topic selection is an extremely important work in all social science research, which is important mainly for the following reasons:

1) From the perspective of readers (including editors and judges), the first thing to do is to examine whether the topic is attractive. If it is not attractive, it is difficult to enter its field of concern.

2) Only by choosing a good topic can you write a new meaning. It is not easy to write a new meaning for a trite question. The so-called new meaning is mainly embodied in new ideas, new materials and new arguments.

2. Requirements for topic selection

Generally speaking, there are four requirements for selecting a topic:

1) Select the question of interest.

I will pay attention to the issues I am interested in, pay close attention to when reading the materials, and think more deeply. Without interest, the investment in research is bound to be limited, and it is difficult to have a deeper understanding without always paying attention to it. So, if you want to really have some experience, you'd better choose the questions you are interested in.

2) Pay attention to the accumulation of topics.

There are many good problems worth studying, but whether we can study them well depends on our own accumulation or more attention. Some people write articles to deal with any problems, or to complete a task, which leads to fewer opportunities to choose their own problems. These are divorced from the accumulation of previous studies or lack of long-term attention, and previous understanding and ideas cannot be the basis of current research problems; Moreover, such research cannot be the basis for further research in the future. If you don't pay attention to the accumulation of knowledge and opinions, you will often make the mistake of rogue.

3) Choose hot issues of social concern.

It is difficult for middle school students to make a breakthrough in basic research because of the lack of accumulation of basic research, especially in natural science and social science. It is best to choose hot issues of social concern. Judging from the winning situation of social science projects in this year's National Innovation Competition, this situation is obvious: winning the prize.

***28 items, including 6 first prizes, 2 second prizes 10 and 3 third prizes 12. Roughly classified, there are four major categories: first, social welfare undertakings and public construction issues (10), second, low-carbon categories (7), and third, vulnerable groups and cultures (4 each). One of the projects is the investigation on the resettlement of the Three Gorges Dam, which has attracted much attention.

Some of these hot issues are very macroscopic, such as how to deal with the financial crisis, how to realize the sustainable development of society, and mass incidents. These problems are difficult to control and involve complex knowledge background, which is not suitable for middle school students' innovation. In recent years, some topics have certain macro characteristics, but the results are mostly vague. Only by choosing the breakthrough point of hot issues and seeing the big from the small can we draw valuable conclusions.

For example, the problem of migrant workers is very big, but it involves many specific problems. Every specific issue is a good topic, such as the social security of migrant workers, the education of children and the protection of various rights and interests. We can investigate their basic situation, find out the existing problems, and also compare the gap between the effectiveness of the government in solving related problems and the actual needs, and put forward suggestions and suggestions for improvement.

For example, the price problem in the market, what impact will it have on people's lives if prices rise too fast, and what different effects will it have on different people, and so on.