To explore, and investigate a particular studies within the communities as of being social researcher is much about carrying a practical jobs to address the needs and interests of human society like of being academically competent to the real world concerns. Identify and undertake particular study subject matters to conduct social research involves collecting information or data, analyzing and interpreting it, discuss and present the findings of a wide range of particular social problems that need to solved requires critical understanding of which research methods could be employed. However, appropriate research methods and study paradigm approach selection is the backbone of every social science studies. Over several years, social research methods have been evolved to provide scientifically data driven evidence based solution to these problems. As a practical subject discovery some certain standards and procedures as well should be considered to attain studies credibility, while carrying social inquiries to a specific thematic field of studies that makes for efficient use of time and resources. A wide choice of research methods and data collection tools have been devised, despite academic researchers and practitioners to carry their study need to know how these methods work and which one is appropriate for particular types of investigation to the knowledge of possibilities and to make an informed decision. Therefore through employing systematic review methods, this review article aim to analyse and synthesis how, why, when and for what purpose qualitative social research methods can be used and its importance to explore the study matters from actors point of view and perspectives. This will bringing new insight and understanding for future academic researchers, development practitioners, as well as public and private social research scientific entities. The study finding reveal that, in social inquiries methods matter more than the subject chosen by the researchers to investigate. Despite that much of academic researchers and development practitioners across the scientific world qualitative social research methods have been limited employed and used to explore a certain problems. This significantly undermine the validity and reliability of the studies finding.
Seid Ahmed (Tue,) studied this question.