3.11
Research Methodology
Unit I:
Concept and nature of research, objectives of research, criteria of a good
research, social science research, business research, approaches to
research-qualitative and quantitative research, types of research- pure and
applied research, descriptive and analytical research, exploratory and
empirical research, case study research, research and research methodology, difficulties
of social science research in India.
Unit II:
Research Design- features of a good research design. defining research problem,
components of research problem, selection and formulation of research problem;
formulation of hypothesis, types of research design research design for
experimental, exploratory and descriptive research.
Unit lll:
Sampling Design: meaning and significance of sample, sampling process,
principles of sampling: essentials of a good sample, methods of sampling:
random sampling, stratified sampling, judgment or purposive sampling, double
and multistage sampling; determination of sample size.
Unit IV:
Data Collection: types of data, methods of collection of primary data,
collection secondary data and limitations of secondary data.
Unit V:
Data processing, analysis and interpretation: steps in data processing,
editing, coding, classification and tabulation, analysis and interpretation of
data.
Unit VI:
Test of Significance and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA): testing of hypothesis,
Z-test, chi-squire test and F-test; ANOVA: meaning, basics principles,
assumptions, one-way and two-way ANOVA.
Unit VII:
Report Writing: Types of report, steps in report writing, format of report,
presentation style.
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