Certificate course on research Methodology

Certificate Course On Research Methodology

Course Outcome :

Discuss different methodologies and techniques used in research work.

Demonstrate the ability to choose methods appropriate to research aims and objectives.

Develop skills in qualitative and quantitative data analysis and presentation.

Develop advanced critical thinking skills.

Get the basic skills for the conduct of research.

Will get the Analytical Skills to conduct the research.

Course Objective :

The course is aimed at providing the knowledge of conducting research projects and building themselves in the field of Research for the students who have completed their graduation in faculty of commerce & Arts and who are presently enrolled in Masters of Arts and Masters of Commerce Faculty.

● Duration (Hours) : 30 Hours

● Nature of Course : Multi-Disciplinary

● Credits : 02 Credits

● Mode of Lectures : Blended (online/offline)

● Medium of Instructions : Gujarati+English

● Pre - requisite : Those who have had no previous exposure to Research and Research Methodology.

● Course content

Unit : 1 Introduction to Research Methodology:

Meaning, Objective, Motivation of Research
Type of Research, Significance of Research
Research Methods versus Methodology
Research Process, Criteria of Good Research
Defining the Research Problem

Unit : 2 Experimental Design:

Basic Principles – Randomization, Replication, Local Control
Informal Experimental Design – Before and After Without Control, after with control, before and after with control
Formal Experimental Design – Completely Randomized, Randomized Block, Latin Square.
Sampling Design – Sampling Procedure, Characteristic of good sample design
Different type of sampling design – Probability and Nonprobability

Unit : 3 Data Collection Techniques

Primary and Secondary Data
Direct and Indirect Investigation and Techniques
Essential of Good Questionnaire
Different Between Survey and Experiments

Unit : 4 Sampling Fundamentals

Need of Sampling, Terms in Sampling – Population, Sampling Frame, Sampling Design, Statistics and Parameter, Sampling Error, Precision
Confidence & Significance Level – Sampling Distribution, Standard Error, Estimation for Population Mean and Proportion
Ethical Issues in Research, Writing and presenting Research Report
Role of Computer in Research

Unit : 5 Testing Hypothesis – Large Sample Test and Small Sample Test

Definition of Hypothesis, Concept of Hypothesis – Null and Alternative Hypothesis
Level of Significance, Type I & II error, One Tailed and Two Tailed Test
Power of test, Testing of Mean, testing of difference between two mean, testing of proportion & difference between two proportion.
Degree of Freedom
Significance testing based upon T Statistic and F Statistic- Testing of Mean, testing of difference between two mean, testing equity of variance

Unit : 6 Chi-square test and Analysis of Variance

Definition of Chi-square, Chi-square test and goodness of fit and as a test of independence
Correlation and its application
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) – Concept, One Way ANOVA, ANOVA test in Latin square design
Idea of Non Parametric Test, Sign Test, McNemer change test, Wilcoxon matched pair test, One sample run test

Unit : 7 Practical/Project/Field Work

● Fees : 300/-

● Reference Books

Research Methodology Edition II, C R Kothari
Introducing Research Methodology: A Beginner's Guide to Doing a Research Project. Uwe Flick
Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, J. David Creswell, John W. Creswell
Essentials of research design and methodology, Geoffrey R. Marczyk
Fundamental of Research Methodology and Statistics, Y.K. Singh

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