Advanced Research Methods: Course Outline (MSPM)

Course Objectives:

• To reveal the worth of research in respective fields of interest.
• To explore theoretical research domains for applied societal issues.
• To find avenues of research contribution in development of life aspects.
• To address prevailing problems with research techniques.
• To influence decision making by applying research pyramids.

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this course students will be able to

• independently be able to search for, integrate and critically assess research information
• demonstrate a good understanding of how to write a research paper/thesis
• independently be able to design a research approach for a specific research issue
• independently use common statistics software for data analysis
• interpret and present the results of an independently conducted analysis
• critically assess published quantitative research with regard to the statistical methods and approaches adopted

Course Contents:

This course shall unleash the inner potential of students to conduct research by learning significance of research, types of research, school of thoughts on research development, approaches of research, problem identification for research, literature worth in research, research design, hypothesis development, methodological challenges in research, analysis of research data, overcoming research biases, discussion on research analysis outcomes, conclusion and recommendation in research, limitation in conducting research and future research directives.