Research formulation and design

Motivation and objectives – Research methods vs.Methodology
Applied vs. Fundamental
Conceptual vs. Empirical
criteria of good research
selecting the problem
importance of literature review in defining a problem
reviews
patents
web as a source
critical literature review
development of working hypothesis

Types of research – Descriptive vs. Analytical
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
concept of applied and basic research process
Defining and formulating the research problem
necessity of defining the problem
literature review-primary and secondary sources
monograph
research databases
importance of literature review in defining a problem
research databases
searching the web
identifying gap areas from literature and research database

Data collection and analysis

Accepts of method validation
methods of data collection
data processing and analysis strategies and tools
hypothesis testing

observation and collection of data
sampling methods
data analysis with statically package (Sigma,STAT,SPSS for student t-test, ANOVA, etc.)

Research ethics, ipr and scholary publishing

Ethics-ethical issues
IPR- intellectual property rights and patent law
copy right
trade related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)
citation and acknowledgement
reproducibility and accountability

ethical committees (human & animal)
commercialization
royalty
scholarly publishing- IMRAD concept and design of research paper
plagiarism

Interpretation and report writing

Meaning of Interpretation
Precaution in Interpretation
Different Steps in Writing Project Report
Types of Reports
Mechanics of Writing a Project/Research Report

Technique of Interpretation
Significance of Report Writing
Layout of the Project/Research Report
Oral Presentation
Precautions for Writing Research Reports
Conclusions

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