This document provides guidance on how to conduct productive research in 3 steps: 1) plan your research by determining your topic, data sources, and methodology; 2) collect data through personal experience, observation, literature reviews, questionnaires, and interviews; and 3) analyze and report your findings while avoiding mistakes like plagiarism, biased analysis, and improper formatting. Key recommendations include selecting a relevant topic, ensuring valid and reliable sources, properly citing references, and seeking publication.

2. Do some thing Productive Don’t try to get Rid…

3. Before Starting Your Research… What would be the research topic From where to get the data Methodology to get data

4. How to find Topic? Search through the search engines Study Journal published Articles of relevant subjects Go for the latest Issues Don’t reinvent the wheel

5. How to collect Data Personal Experience Observation Literature Questionnaires Interviews

6. Personal Experience Self Experience High Validity High Reliability Should not be biased

7. Observation Whom to observe Method Organization Policies & procedures Rules Employees Personal Observation Appoint a Observer Use some Technology

8. Literature Research Articles Articles from Magazines, News Papers, Websites Books Company’s Records, Resources, archives

9. Questionnaire Develop it by your self or use pre formatted Should be relevant Valid and Reliable Should not be time consuming

10. Pre Formatted More Reliable and Valid For example http://www.isr.unich.edu Or http://eee.marchall.usc.edu/ceo

11. Interviews More Flexible Less time consuming Moderate validity and reliability Can be biased

12. Getting Data is not an easy task.. Don’t have access to research articles People are not willing to cooperate Relevant people are not available Irrelevant data Too much data, Handling Problem Data Interpretation Problem Don’t LOOSE heart, Try to Manage

13. Impossible Says! I am Possible…

14. Analysis Content Analysis Summarizing your findings and interpret these according to your own views. Statistical Analysis By Mean, Mode, Median and Standard Deviation

15. Report your Findings Be careful regarding references Never put a word with out reference even figures, tables etc http://www.computer.org Use Appropriate Format Varies from journal to journal, conference to conference Pay deep attention to formatting

16. Report your Findings Language Should appropriate, Simple and understandable Biased Data Biased data should not be included to avoid conflict Avoid to arise conflicts

17. Make it productive Try to get it Published Search for conferences http://www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/ Search for call for papers http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/ieeecs/conferences/cfp.html Search for Journals http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/ieeecs/publications/journals.html

18. Make it Productive… (cont) Modify your paper according to journal/conference proceedings Don’t loose heart if it is not accepted, try to improve it Try to renew the things and search for the week points and go for their improvements Don’t make hasty decision, always go for a better option

19. Deadly Mistakes Copying of Material Unauthenticated Material Biased Topic Lack of Relevance Lack of References Improper Methodology Improper Format

20. Lessons Learnt Take Great care of Valid and Reliable Resource Put References according to the format given by the Journals Don’t copy any thing Present it in according to prescribed format Try to get it publish Modify it according to Requirement

21. Good Luck! & Thanks

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