Research Methodology

Paper Code: 
GPM 224
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To help students develop the skills needed in conducting a research.
To introduce students to the skills in report writing.
To acquaint students with basic statistical techniques and their application.

15.00
Unit I: 
Research
  • Definition and Concept of research
  • Objectives of research
  • Types of Research- Descriptive Vs Analytical, Applied Vs Fundamental, Quantitative Vs Qualitative, Conceptual Vs Empirical, Historical, Longitudinal Research
  • Research Approaches
  • Significance of Research
10.00
Unit II: 
Research Design
  • Meaning, Need and Characteristics of good research design
  • Identification of a research problem
  • Selection of a research problem
  • Hypothesis- purpose, characteristics, types and criteria of hypothesis
  • Variables- Meaning and Concept, types of variables
12.00
Unit III: 
Data gathering instruments
  • Observation, Interview, Questionnaires and schedules, their construction
  • Techniques of data collection, Scrutiny of data, accuracy of measurements, testing of Questionnaires
12.00
Unit IV: 
Scaling Techniques and Sampling
  • Scaling Techniques
  • Purpose of Scaling
  • Techniques of scaling
  • Types of Scales- Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio scales

Sampling

  • Meaning of census and sample
  • Characteristics of a good sample
  • Need for sample
  • Types of Samples based on Probability and Non-probability sampling
  1. Probability Sampling- Idea of simple random sampling, Stratified and Cluster  sampling
  2. Non-probability sampling- Purposive and Quota sampling
11.00
Unit V: 
Statistics

Meaning, Importance and limitations of Statistics

  • Classification and Tabulation of data
  • Discrete and Continuous variables.
  • Frequency distribution and Cumulative frequency distribution
  • Diagrammatic Presentation of data- One dimensional and two dimensional
  • Graphical Presentation of data- Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Frequency Curve and Ogives
  • Measures of Central Tendency- Mean, mode and median, their merits and demerits
  • Measures of Dispersion- Range, Quartile, Deviation, Mean Deviation and standard deviation, Coefficient of variation. Moments, Skew ness and Kurtosis( their absolute and relative measures)
Essential Readings: 
  1. Ahuja ,Ram., Research methods, Rawat Publications, Jaipur
  2. Kothari, C.R., Research methodology-methods & techniques. New age International Publishers, New Delhi.
  3. Gupta S.P., Statistical Methods, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi.
  4. Kaplan, Abhram, The conduct of Behavioural Science ,Chandler Publishing Company
  5. Baker,L. Therese, Doing social Research, Mc GrawHill International Editions, Sociology  series
  6. Badarkar, P.L.and Wilkinson T.S., Methodology and Techniques of Social Reaserch, Himalya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2000
References: 
  1. Sancheti & Kapoor., Statistics, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi.
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