Research Methodology
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1. Introduction to Research |
1. Introduction to Research
1. Definition of research,
Characteristics of research 2. Types of research- Descriptive vs. Analytical,
Applied vs. Fundamental,
Quantitative vs. Qualitative, Conceptual vs. Empirical
3. Overview of research methodology in various areas
4. Introduction to problem solving
5. basic research terminology
such as proof, hypothesis, lemma etc.
6. Role of Information and Communication Technology(ICT)
in research.
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2. Research Problem Formulation and Methods |
2. Research Problem Formulation and Methods 1. Literature review
2. sources of literature
3. various referencing procedures
4. Identifying the research areas from the literature review and research database
5. Problem Formulation
6. Identifying variables to be studied
7. determining the scope, objectives,
limitations and or assumptions of the identified research problem
8. Justify basis for assumption
9. Formulate time plan for achieving targeted problem solution.
10. Important steps in research methods: Observation and Facts, Laws and Theories, Development of
Models,
11. Developing a research plan: Exploration, Description, Diagnosis and
Experimentation
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3. Data collection |
3. Data collection
1. Static and dynamic characteristics of instruments
2. calibration of various instruments
3. sampling
methods
4. methods of data collection
5. Basic Concepts concerning testing of hypotheses, procedures
of hypothesis testing, generalization and interpretation
6. Applied statistics: Regression analysis,
Parameter estimation, Multivariate statistics, Principal component analysis
7. Software tools for
modeling, Simulation and analysis.
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4. Research reports and Thesis writing |
4. Research reports and Thesis writing
1. Introduction: Structure and components of scientific reports, types of report, developing research
proposal.
2. Thesis writing: different steps and software tools in the design and preparation of thesis,
layout, structure and language of typical reports, Illustrations and tables, bibliography, referencing
and footnotes,
3. Oral presentation: planning, software tools, creating and making effective
presentation, use of visual aids, importance of effective communication.
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5. Research Ethics, IPR and Publishing |
5. Research Ethics, IPR and Publishing
1. Ethics: Ethical issues.
2. IPR: intellectual property rights and patent law, techniques of writing a Patent, filing procedure,
technology transfer, copy right, royalty, trade related aspects of intellectual property rights
3. Publishing: design of research paper, citation and acknowledgement, plagiarism tools,
reproducibility and accountability.
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