2. L: 3 T: 0 P: 0 CREDITS: 3
• Text Books:
• Text Books:
• 1. ESSENTIALS OF SCIENTIFIC WRITING: HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE TITLES AND
ABSTRACTS FOR RESEARCH PAPERS AND PROPOSALS BY JOSEPH MUGAH,
AUTHORHOUSE
• References:
• 1. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY : METHODS AND TECHNIQUES by C.R. KOTHARI,
NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL
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3. COURSE ASSESSMENT MODEL
Marks break up*
• Attendance 05
• CA (Two tasks-both Compulsory) 25
• MTE
20
• ETE
50
• Total 100
4. SYLLABUS-UNIT 1
• Overview of research: Meaning of research, Objectives of research, Motivation
of research, Types of research, Research approaches, Research methods
5. SYLLABUS-UNIT 2
• Data Collection and Application of methodology: Data collection and
sampling (Direct observation, Experiment, Surveys, Questionnaire), Statistic in
Research (Descriptive statistics), Time series analysis, statistical modelling
(ANOVA, MANOVA), Linear and multiple regression modelling, modelling
through Artificial Neural Network
6. SYLLABUS-UNIT 3
• Steps required to carry out research: Literature survey (ways to carry out
literature survey), Use of databases e.g. Science direct, Search engines and
research gateways e.g. Research Gate for literature survey, Planning of
research with timelines
7. SYLLABUS-UNIT 4
• Presenting poster, talks/seminar in conferences: How to create a poster/slides,
Layout of the poster/slide, Ways of presenting ideas and results, Positive and
negative aspects of a poster presentation/talk, Logical sequencing of each
part of the poster as well as each individual slide, Correct use of language in
presentation, Presenting posters/delivering Talks in National and international
level conferences
8. SYLLABUS-UNIT 5
• Writing research paper: Types of research paper e.g. review paper, research
paper, Process of writing research/review paper, Identifying Scopus/Web of
Science indexed journals/conferences to publish, How to incorporate
references/bibliography in the research paper, Citation design, Use of
referencing and citation software, Writing Thesis, Dissertation, Research
papers, Letters to editors, Short communications, Review paper (Meta-
analysis, Critical, Narrative etc.), rebutter letter writing, drafting of a project/
consultancy proposal
9. SYLLABUS-UNIT 6
• Research ethics: Definition of Plagiarism, Reducing plagiarism in a document,
Use of Turnitin software, Role of referencing/bibliography in handling
plagiarism, Use of citations in research paper, Basic concepts of Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR)
10. SYLLABUS-UNIT 6
• Patent filing system national and international : Criteria’s of patenting,
Patentable and non-patentable inventions, Indian filing system, International
Patent co-operation treaty filing system, patent licensing, licensing
procedures, licensing agreements, few case studies, Introduction to world
intellectual property organization WIPO and various patent offices of the
world- United States Patent
11. P u r p o s e
Q u a l i : Tounderstand & interpretsocial
interactions.
Q u a n t i : Totest hypotheses, lookat
cause & effect, & makepredictions.
12. Q u a l
G r o u p S t u d i e d
i : Smaller & not randomlyselected.
Q u a n t i : Larger & randomlyselected.
13. V a r i a b l e s
Q u a l i : Study of the whole, notvariables.
Q u a n t i : Specific variablesstudied
14. T y p e o f
Q u a l i
Q u a n t
D a t a C o l l e c t e d
: Words, images, orobjects.
i : Numbers andstatistics.
15. F o r m s o f D a t a
C o l l e c t e d
Q u a l i : Qualitative data such as open -
ended responses, interviews, participant
observations, field notes, & reflections.
Q u a n t i : Quantitative data basedon
precise measurements using structured &
validated data-collection instruments.
16. R o l e o f t h e R e s e a r c h e r
Q u a l i : Researcher & their biases may be
known to participants in the study, &participant
characteristics may be known to theresearcher.
Q u a n t i : Researcher & their biases are not
known to participants in the study, &participant
characteristics are deliberately hidden fromthe
researcher (double blindstudies).
17. Q u a l
R e s u l t s
i : Particular or specializedfindings
that is lessgeneralizable.
Q u a n t i : Generalizable findings thatcan
be applied to otherpopulations.
18. S c i
Q u a l i
e n t i f i c M e t h o d
: Study of the whole, notvariables.
Q u a n t i : Specific variablesstudied
19. F i n a l R e p o r t
Q u a l i : Narrative report with contextual
description & direct quotations fromresearch
participants.
Q u a n t i : Statistical report with
correlations, comparisons of means, &
statistical significance of findings.
20. Wh a t i s t o b e
o b s e r v e d ?
Q u a l i : ¤ Qualities ¤ Behavior¤
Complexities
Q u a n t i : ¤ Quantities ¤ Scales ¤Trends
