But for your peers, and indeed the whole world, to recognize your newly discovered or created knowledge, you have to show evidence of its validity or truthfulness.ĭetermining the validity of your study is anchored on your research paper’s methodology. The true goal of research is to seek answers to previously unanswered questions to contribute to the body of knowledge in a discipline Goddard and Melville (2001, p.1).

Contents: Research Methodology: An Introduction Defining the Research Problem Research Design Sampling Design Measurement and Scaling Techniques Methods of Data Collection Processing and Analysis of Data Sampling Fundamentals Testing of Hypotheses-I (Parametric or Standard Tests of Hypotheses) Chi-Square Test Analysis of Variance and Covariance Testing of Hypotheses-II (Non parametric or Distribution-Free Test) Multivariate Analysis Techniques Interpretation and Report Writing The Computer: ITS Role in Research Appendix-Selected Statistical Tables.The main aim of research is not merely to gather information.

It will serve all practitioners doing research of one form or other in a general way. It will also serve as a text for the students of M.Phil, Management, and students of various institutes. The book is primarily intended to serve as a textbook for social science students of all Indian universities. The book can be taken as a well-organised guide for researchers whose methodological background is not extensive. Illustrations given are meaningful and relevant. The presentations are uniformly economical and cogent. It covers a fairly wide range, related to Research Methodology. The book contains introductory explanations of several quantitative methods enjoying wide use in social sciences. The present book provides the basic tenets of methodological research so that researchers may become familiar with the art of using research methods and techniques. Adoption of appropriate methodology is an essential characteristic of quality research studies irrespective of the discipline with which they are related. New problems have also been added in various chapters. The other salient feature of this revised edition, subject contents have been developed and restructured at several places. In this edition a new chapter The Computer : Its Role in Research have been added keeping in view of the fact that computers by now become a indispensable part of research equipment. About the Book: This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and efforts have been made to enhance the usefulness of the book.

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