Syllabus
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Course Code: FND-303 Course Name: Research Methods, Statistics and Computer Applications |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Role of Statistics and research in Home Science discipline: Objective of research: Explanation, Control and Prediction 2. Nature, types, advantages and limitations of Research: Historical, Descriptive, Social Research, Experimental, Field studies, Case study. 3. Definition and Identification of a Research Problem: - Selection of research problems - Justification - Hypothesis 4.Concept and types of variables and its advantages: Dependent, independent, random, discrete, continuous, qualitative and quantitative. |
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| 2 | 5. Sampling, characteristics and advantages: Meaning, importance and types: Random (simple, systemic, stratified, cluster, two stages and multi stage) Non-random (incidental, purposive, quota, snow ball). 6. Data gathering Instruments: Meaning and importance, Interview, Observation, Questionnaire, Rating scale, Reliability and validity of measuring instruments. 7. Analysis of data and research report |
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| 3 | 8. Statistics: Meaning, scope, function and importance, 9. Collection of data 10. Frequency, frequency distribution, graphical representation of frequency distribution and its type. 11. Measure of central tendency: Mean, medium, mode, quartiles 12. Measure of dispersion: Range, mean deviation, standard deviation, skewnes and kurtosis. 13. Characteristics of normal distribution 14. Parametric and Non parametric test. |
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| 4 | 15. Chi – square test 16. T-test: Single mean, independent mean, paired mean. 17. Correlation and coefficient of correlation 18. Analysis of variance: One way and two-way classification 19. Software related to Home Science; application and importance |
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