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the social
sciences are 
important
because they 
create better institutions and systems that affect people's lives every 
day. ... Thus, 
social
sciences help people understand how to interact 
with 
the social
world—how to influence policy, develop networks, 
increase government accountability, and promote democracy. 
Why is research important in social studies? 
The societal behavior is 
studied
and analyzed to achieve broad 
goals. 
Social research
also contributes to societal development by 
increasing creativity and innovation. The new idea leads to the up-
gradation of 
society
. Focusing on 
research
enhances the knowledge 
thereby giving more power to the 
society
. 
What is the main role of research? 
 
Research
begins 
when 
we 
want 
to 
know 
something. 
Research
is 
concerned 
with 
increasing 
our 
understanding. 
Research
provides us with the information and 
knowledge needed for problem solving and making decisions. ... In 
this context the purpose of 
research
is 'problem solving'. 
The essential role of social theory in qualitative public health 
research 

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To define the role of social theory and examine how research 
studies using qualitative methods can use social theory to generalize 
their results beyond the setting of the study or to other social groups. 
The assumptions underlying public health research using qualitative 
methods derive from a range of social theories that include conflict 
theory, structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, the 
sociology of knowledge and feminism. Depending on the research 
problem, these and other social theories provide conceptual tools 
and models for constructing a suitable research framework, and for 
collecting and analysing data. In combination with the substantive 
health literature, the theoretical literature provides the conceptual 
bridge that links the conclusions of the study to other social groups 
and settings. While descriptive studies using qualitative research 
methods can generate important insights into social experience, the 
use of social theory in the construction and conduct of research 
enables researchers to extrapolate their findings to settings and 
groups broader than the ones in which the research was conducted.

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