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MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY

Ph.D. COURSE WORK SYLLABUS

Course (1)- Research Methodolo!

S!lla"us Co##o$ to the strea# % Sc&e$ce' Al&ed Sc&e$ce a$dE$&$eer&$

Unit 1 Science and Research:

Definition History Evolution of Scientific Inquiry Verification versus falsification

Objectivity : Facts, theory and concets !hilosohy of Science and "echnolo#y, Eiste$olo#y

of sciences %onstruction of scientific facts&

Unit 2 - ntr!d"cti!n t! Research #eth!d!$!%&

'eanin# and i$ortance of (esearch "yes of (esearch Selection and

for$ulation of (esearch !roble$

(esearch Desi#n )eed Features Inductive, Deductive and Develo$ent

of $odels

Develoin# a (esearch !lan E*loration, Descrition, Dia#nosis,

E*eri$entation, Deter$inin# E*eri$ental and Sa$le Desi#ns&

+nalysis of iterature (evie- !ri$ary and Secondary Sources, .eb sources

critical iterature (evie-

Hyothesis Different "yes Si#nificance Develo$ent of .or/in#

Hyothesis

(esearch 'ethods: Scientific $ethod vs +rbitrary 'ethod, o#ical Scientific

'ethods: Deductive, Inductive, Deductive0Inductive, attern of Deductive

Inductive lo#ical rocess Different tyes of inductive lo#ical $ethods&

Unit ' - Data C!$$ecti!n and Ana$&sis

Sources of Data !ri$ary, Secondary and "eritary "yes of Data %ate#orical,no$inal 1 Ordinal&

'ethods of %ollectin# Data : Observation, field investi#ations, Direct studies

(eorts, (ecords or E*eri$ental observations&

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Sa$lin# $ethods Data !rocessin# and +nalysis strate#ies0 2rahical

reresentation Descritive +nalysis Inferential +nalysis0 %orrelation analysis

east square $ethod 0 Data +nalysis usin# statistical ac/a#e Hyothesis

testin# 2enerali3ation and Interretation 'odelin#&

Unit ( Scienti)ic Writin%

Structure and co$onents of Scientific (eorts tyes of (eort "echnical

(eorts and "hesis Si#nificance Different stes in the rearation ayout,

structure and an#ua#e of tyical reorts 0 Illustrations and tables

4iblio#rahy, (eferencin# and foot notes Oral resentation !lannin#

!rearation and ractice 'a/in# resentation 5se of visual aids I$ortance

of Effective %o$$unication&

%onventions and strate#ies of +uthentication %itation Style 0 sheet

!rearin# (esearch aers for journals, Se$inars and %onferences Desi#n of

aer usin# "E'!+"E, %alculations of I$act factor of a journal, citation

Inde*, IS4) 1 ISS)&

!rearation of !roject !roosal 0 "itle, +bstract, Introduction (ationale,

Objectives, 'ethodolo#y "i$e fra$e and -or/ lan 4ud#et and 6ustification

0 (eferences

Unit * A++$icati!n !) Res"$ts and Ethics

Environ$ental I$acts 0 Ethical Issues Ethical %o$$ittees %o$$erciali3ation coy ri#ht royalty Intellectual !roerty ri#hts and atent la- "rac/ (elated asects of intellectual

roerty (i#hts (eroduction of ublished $aterial !la#iaris$ %itation and

+c/no-led#e$ent (eroducibility and accountability&

Unit , A++$icati!n !) C!+"ter in Research

'S office and its alication in (esearch 'S .ord, 'S !o-er oint and 'S E*cel

4asic rinciles of Statistical %o$utation usin# S!SS

5se of Internet in (esearch .ebsites, search En#ines, E0journal and E0ibrary

I)FI4)E"&

(eferences: Science

7& 2ar#&4&&, 8aradia, (&, +#ar-al,F& and +#ar-al, 5&8&, 99& +n introduction to

(esearch 'ethodolo#y, (4S+ !ublishers&

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