Advanced Research Methods: Course Outline (MSPM)
Course Outline
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.
Course Plan:
Week # |
Main Topics |
Hours |
Week 01 |
Reasons of advancement in research |
03 |
Week 02 |
School of thoughts in conducting research |
03 |
Week 03 |
Types of research and variables distinction |
03 |
Week 04 |
Approaches of research and its selection |
03 |
Week 05 |
Theoretical worth of pursuing targeted research |
03 |
Week 06 |
Problem identification and research objectives |
03 |
Week 07 |
Building research back ground and questions |
03 |
Week 08 |
Re-search literature for specific research domain |
03 |
Mid Term |
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Week 09 |
Hypothesis and research design practices |
03 |
Week 10 |
Methodological issues in research |
03 |
Week 11 |
Targeted population and sample extraction |
03 |
Week 12 |
Research analysis techniques and world of apparatuses |
03 |
Week 13 |
Advancement in analysis of research topic |
03 |
Week 14 |
Appropriate research discussion with justifications |
03 |
Week 15 |
Concluding research for relevant solutions |
03 |
Week 16 |
Research limitations and future directions |
03 |
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