Syllabus
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Course Code: MLIS-109 Course Name: Research Methods and Statistical Techniques |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Research - Meaning, Need and Process of Research. - Types of Research – Fundamental and Applied. - Hypothesis: Definitions, Functions and Types - Designing Research Proposal. - Literature Search – Print, Non-Print and Electronic Sources. - Research Reporting: Types, Structure and Contents. - Ethical aspects of research. |
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| 2 | Research Methods - Spiral of Scientific Method. (S. R. Ranganathan). - Historical Method. - Experimental Method. - Descriptive Method. - Survey Method and Case Study Method. - Bibliometrics: Concept and Definition, Bibliometrics Laws: Bradford, Zipf. Lotka, Bibliographic Coupling and Citation Analysis, Webometrics, Impact factors |
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| 3 | Research Techniques and Tools - Questionnaire - Interview - Observation - Sampling Techniques |
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| 4 | Descriptive Analysis and Interpretation - Descriptive Statistics – Measures of Central Tendency – Mean, Mode, Median. - Chi – Square test. - Introduction to SPSS statistical software. - Tabulation. - Graphical presentation of data: Bar, Pie, Line graphs, Histograms - Sociometry. |
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