Syllabus
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Course Code: MSE-201 Course Name: Research Methodology and Statistics |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Scientific Knowledge and Research 1.1 Sources and philosophy of knowledge 1.2 Scientific thinking and research 1.3 Role of theory in research 1.4 Need for research in Education and Special Education 1.5 Ethics in research |
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| 2 | Types and Methods of Research 2.1 Types of research- Quantitative, Qualitative, Fundamental, Applied, Action 2.2 Approaches of Research: Descriptive, Experimental, Quasi experimental, Single Subject Research Design and Historical Research 2.3 (a) Types of Variables, delineating and operationalizing the variables (b) Threats to Internal and External Validity of the Research 2.4 Process of research- Selection of problem, Review of literature, Sampling; Types and selection process, Hypothesis - Instruments; tests, questionnaire, interview, observation schedule, rating scale - Data collection and analysis 2.5 Standardization of research instrument- Selection of items, reliability and validity and norms |
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| 3 | Methods of Quantitative Analysis 3.1 Parametric and non-parametric tests: Concept and difference 3.2 Descriptive Statistics: - Measures of Central Tendency -Correlations; Product-moment, Spearman’s rank correlation Method, Biserial-r, Point-biserial, Phi-coefficient, Regression analysis 3.3 Inferential statistics - Underlying concepts: Sampling error, standard error of mean, confidence level, degrees of freedom, one tail-two tail test, type I and type II errors - Student t- test, ANOVA, Ancova, Chi-square, Sign Test, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test 3.4 Computer applications for analysis 3.5 Tabulation and graphic representation |
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| 4 | Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis 4.1 Grounded theory 4.2 Ethnography and case study 4.3 Narrative/discourse and visual methodologies 4.4 Mixed method 4.5 Themes, coding and presentation |
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| 5 | Preparing Research Proposal & Report 5.1 Components of research proposal 5.2 Presentation of proposal 5.3 Writing of thesis/dissertation 5.4 Writing technical paper for publication 5.5 Research management |
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