Research Methodology (PROJ-CS601)
4 units: Research formulation and design, Data collection and analysis, Research ethics, IPR and scholarly publishing, Interpretation and report writing · L-T-P 3L/week.
Detailed syllabus
Unit 1: Research formulation and design (9 hours)
Research formulation and design: motivation and objectives, research methods vs. methodology, types of research (descriptive vs. analytical, applied vs. fundamental, quantitative vs. qualitative, conceptual vs. empirical), criteria of good research; defining and formulating the research problem, literature review (primary and secondary sources, patents, research databases, the web), identifying gaps, developing a working hypothesis.
Unit 2: Data collection and analysis (9 hours)
Data collection and analysis: method validation, observation and collection of data, methods of data collection, sampling methods, data processing and analysis strategies and tools, data analysis with statistical packages (SigmaStat, SPSS for t-test, ANOVA, etc.), hypothesis testing.
Unit 3: Research ethics, IPR and scholarly publishing (9 hours)
Research ethics, IPR and scholarly publishing: ethical issues and committees; intellectual property rights and patent law, commercialisation, copyright, royalty, TRIPS; IMRAD structure of a research paper, citation and acknowledgement, plagiarism, reproducibility and accountability.
Unit 4: Interpretation and report writing (9 hours)
Interpretation and report writing: meaning, technique and precautions of interpretation; significance of report writing, steps in writing a project report, layout and types of reports, oral presentation, mechanics of writing and precautions for research reports.
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