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Research Methodology
Module Title:
Research Methodology
Module Code:
DSC6234
Module Content
- Unit 1: Theory
- Definition of scientific research and fundamentals of social science research,
- Research topic formulation
- Research questions, objectives, hypothesis formulation and literature review (Research operationalization and conceptualization)
- Data collection techniques (library research, field observation and measurement, interview techniques, survey techniques, rapid appraisal, laboratory analysis etc.)
- Plan of data collection
- Sampling techniques
- Presenting results of data analysis
- Discussion of the results
- Thesis writing
- Unit 2: Practice
- Abstracting and reviewing scientific papers
- Design a research framework
- Design a survey field sample plan
- Designing field sampling for testing hypotheses
- Design a field data sheet
- Discussion of individual research proposals,
- Field work,
- Dissertation writing
