Basic Concepts of Research Methodology.
Research Process: Concepts of Decision Making: Certainty, Uncertainty, Ambiguity, Types of Research: Exploratory, Descriptive and Causal Research, Stages in the Research Process, Research Project versus Research Program.
Problem Definition and Research Proposal: The Nature of the Problem, Importance of Problem Definition, Process of Problem Definition, Purpose of Proposal, Types of Research Proposal, Structuring Research Proposal, Evaluation of Research Proposal.
Research Design: Concepts of Research Design, Selection of Appropriate Research Design, Evaluation of Research Design,
Types of Research Design: Non-Experimental: Exploratory, Descriptive and Causal Research Designs, Experimental: Pre-Experimental, True-Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research Designs
Measurement and Scaling Concept: Concept of Measurement, Purpose of Scaling, Types of Scales, Criteria for Good Measurement: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity, Difference between Reliability and Validity, Tests for Reliability, Different Measures of Validity.
Data Management and Analysis: Stages of Data Preparation Process, Preliminary Plan of Data Analysis, Questionnaire Checking, Editing, Coding, Re-Coding, Data Cleaning, Statistically Adjusting Data, all Statistical Techniques, Including Modeling and Inference.
Report Preparation and Presentation: Literature Review, Report Writing, Oral Presentation, Research Follow-Up