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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, concept of applied and basic research process, criteria of good research. Defining and formulating the research problem, selecting the problem, necessity of defining the problem, importance of literature review in defining a problem, literature review-primary and secondary sources, reviews, monograph, patents, research databases, web as a source, searching the web, critical literature review, identifying gap areas from literature and research database, development of working hypothesis. |
9 |
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DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Accepts of method validation, observation and collection of data, methods of data collection, sampling methods, data processing and analysis strategies and tools,data analysis with statically package (Sigma STAT,SPSS for student t-test, ANOVA, etc.), hypothesis testing. |
9 |
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3 |
RESEARCH ETHICS, IPR AND SCHOLARY PUBLISHING Ethics-ethical issues, ethical committees (human & animal); IPR- intellectual property rights and patent law, commercialization, copy right, royalty, trade related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS); scholarly publishing- IMRAD concept and design of research paper, citation and acknowledgement, plagiarism, reproducibility and accountability. |
9 |
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INTERPRETATION AND REPORT WRITING Meaning of Interpretation, Technique of Interpretation, Precaution in Interpretation, Significance of Report Writing, Different Steps in Writing Project Report, Layout of the Project/Research Report, Types of Reports, Oral Presentation, Mechanics of Writing a Project/Research Report, Precautions for Writing Research Reports, Conclusions.
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9 |
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- Teacher: Somrita Saha
- Teacher: soumitra Sasmal