Steps on: How to conduct a Research Work and complete a provisional Project Report? EXERCISE-A I.
Select a broad area of the study and of interest to the mankind.
II.
Preferably select the area from the areas of the Academic Discipline.
III.
Dissect the broad area (Selected) in order to identify the Sub-Areas for the study.
IV.
Further dissect the selected area into subareas as discretely as possible.
V.
Finally concentrate on on those areas/sub-areas which would probably be time constraint,finance constraint and expenditure constraint by the process of elimination.
VI.
Finalise a sub-area that could be managed within the known constraints.
Keep in mind that there should be good scope for the study in that field.
VII.
Within the chosen sub-area,formulate the Research Questions for which there is a scope of getting/finding the answer(s).
VIII.
These questions finally form the basis for the research questions which could also be converted into a research statements.
Formulate also the sub-objectives (if any).
IX.
Plan for the Literature Review,Instrument Construction,Data Collection,Data Analysis,Draft Report and finally Final Report.
X.
Double check at each and every stage of the work by comparing the theory and also the practice, EXERCISE-A 1) Broad Area of the Study 2) Academic Discipline 3) Sub-Area (After Dissection of the Broad area ) 4) Constraints 5) Specific Research Questions 6) Specific Research Objectives /Statements 7) Main Focused Areas of study 8) Sub-Objectives of the study 9) Relevance of the study & Practice 10) Contributions to the Existing Bodies of the Knowledge 11) Contributions to the Practitioners of the same Field 12) Contributions to the Program Development 13) Contributions towards the Policy Formulation EXERCISE-B Variables Identification Procedure.
1) Concepts 2) Indicators(s) 3) Variable(s) 4) Units of the Measurement (s) 5) Operational Definition of the Study -Population I.
Literature Review 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) II.
Instrument Construction 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) III.
Data Collection 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) IV.
Data Analysis 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) V.
Draft Report 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) VI.
Final Report 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) EXERCISE-C Construct the Hypothesis (Assumptions/Assertations/Ideas/Relationships/Situations) 1) Objective(s)/Research Questions 2) Objective(s)/Research Questions 3) Hypothesis to be Tested 4) Instrument(s) for the Testing 5) Any Others(s)Remarks EXERCISE-D Study Design Conceptualization 1) Type of the Design-Cross Sectional Design,Longitudinal Design,Experimental Design,Comparative Designs.
2) Reasons for the Selection, 3) Strengths of the Design 4) Strengths of the DesignStudy 5) Population Details 6) Respondents Identification 7) Sample Selection Details 8) Any Others(s)Remarks.
EXERCISE-E Develop a Research Instrument Rules for the Questionnaire Formation: Formulate the Questionnaire by 1.
Examining the sub-objectives.
2.
Examing the Research Questions.
3.
Examining the Hypothesis.
4.
Identifying the required Variables.
5.
Identifying the information required to be addressed.
6.
Formulating the scope/objective in-order to obtain the new information.
1) Specific Objective(s) 2) Specific ResearchQuestion(s) 3) Hypotheses 4) Type & Kind of the Information Required 5) Identification of the Variables 6) Formulation of the Questions for the Questionnaire.
EXERCISE-F Sample Selection 1) Population Types 2) Population Size 3) Mode of the Sample (Population)Selection 4) Strengths of the Selection 5) Limitations of the Selection EXERCISE-G Data -Analysis 1) Software for the Analysis 2) Variables for the Analysis 3) Varibles Cross-Tabulations 4) Statistical Procedure for the Variables (Selected ) 5) Major Variables Construction 6) Any Others(s) Remarks EXERCISE-H Develop a frame of the analysis.
1) Software for the Analysis 2) Variables for the Analysis 3) Varibles Cross-Tabulations 4) Statistical Procedure for the Variables (Selected ) 5) Major Variables Construction 6) Any Others(s) Remarks EXERCISE-I Develop an outline of the chapters.
1) Main Theme of the study 2) Task Objectives 3) Chapter Headings 4) Chapter Numbers 5) Any Others(s) Remarks.
EXERCISE FOR EVERY STAGE (Self-Check Questionnaire) 1) Relevance of the Scope of the study, 2) Relevance to the Discipline /Interest of the study.
, 3) Relevance to the Inter-Disciplines, 4) Relevance to the Objectives of the Study, 5) Relevance to the Research Questions of the study, 6) Relevance to the pursuits of the study 7) Relevance to the Adequate Resources, 8) Available Relevance to the study populations, 9) Relevance to the Conclusions/Discussions/Results.
Select a broad area of the study and of interest to the mankind.
II.
Preferably select the area from the areas of the Academic Discipline.
III.
Dissect the broad area (Selected) in order to identify the Sub-Areas for the study.
IV.
Further dissect the selected area into subareas as discretely as possible.
V.
Finally concentrate on on those areas/sub-areas which would probably be time constraint,finance constraint and expenditure constraint by the process of elimination.
VI.
Finalise a sub-area that could be managed within the known constraints.
Keep in mind that there should be good scope for the study in that field.
VII.
Within the chosen sub-area,formulate the Research Questions for which there is a scope of getting/finding the answer(s).
VIII.
These questions finally form the basis for the research questions which could also be converted into a research statements.
Formulate also the sub-objectives (if any).
IX.
Plan for the Literature Review,Instrument Construction,Data Collection,Data Analysis,Draft Report and finally Final Report.
X.
Double check at each and every stage of the work by comparing the theory and also the practice, EXERCISE-A 1) Broad Area of the Study 2) Academic Discipline 3) Sub-Area (After Dissection of the Broad area ) 4) Constraints 5) Specific Research Questions 6) Specific Research Objectives /Statements 7) Main Focused Areas of study 8) Sub-Objectives of the study 9) Relevance of the study & Practice 10) Contributions to the Existing Bodies of the Knowledge 11) Contributions to the Practitioners of the same Field 12) Contributions to the Program Development 13) Contributions towards the Policy Formulation EXERCISE-B Variables Identification Procedure.
1) Concepts 2) Indicators(s) 3) Variable(s) 4) Units of the Measurement (s) 5) Operational Definition of the Study -Population I.
Literature Review 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) II.
Instrument Construction 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) III.
Data Collection 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) IV.
Data Analysis 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) V.
Draft Report 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) VI.
Final Report 1) Literature Review 2) Contents Involved 3) Time FrameRequired 4) Cost Involved (in Rupees) 5) Technical Expertise Required 6) Knowledge Gaps.
7) Skill Gaps 8) Any Other (s) EXERCISE-C Construct the Hypothesis (Assumptions/Assertations/Ideas/Relationships/Situations) 1) Objective(s)/Research Questions 2) Objective(s)/Research Questions 3) Hypothesis to be Tested 4) Instrument(s) for the Testing 5) Any Others(s)Remarks EXERCISE-D Study Design Conceptualization 1) Type of the Design-Cross Sectional Design,Longitudinal Design,Experimental Design,Comparative Designs.
2) Reasons for the Selection, 3) Strengths of the Design 4) Strengths of the DesignStudy 5) Population Details 6) Respondents Identification 7) Sample Selection Details 8) Any Others(s)Remarks.
EXERCISE-E Develop a Research Instrument Rules for the Questionnaire Formation: Formulate the Questionnaire by 1.
Examining the sub-objectives.
2.
Examing the Research Questions.
3.
Examining the Hypothesis.
4.
Identifying the required Variables.
5.
Identifying the information required to be addressed.
6.
Formulating the scope/objective in-order to obtain the new information.
1) Specific Objective(s) 2) Specific ResearchQuestion(s) 3) Hypotheses 4) Type & Kind of the Information Required 5) Identification of the Variables 6) Formulation of the Questions for the Questionnaire.
EXERCISE-F Sample Selection 1) Population Types 2) Population Size 3) Mode of the Sample (Population)Selection 4) Strengths of the Selection 5) Limitations of the Selection EXERCISE-G Data -Analysis 1) Software for the Analysis 2) Variables for the Analysis 3) Varibles Cross-Tabulations 4) Statistical Procedure for the Variables (Selected ) 5) Major Variables Construction 6) Any Others(s) Remarks EXERCISE-H Develop a frame of the analysis.
1) Software for the Analysis 2) Variables for the Analysis 3) Varibles Cross-Tabulations 4) Statistical Procedure for the Variables (Selected ) 5) Major Variables Construction 6) Any Others(s) Remarks EXERCISE-I Develop an outline of the chapters.
1) Main Theme of the study 2) Task Objectives 3) Chapter Headings 4) Chapter Numbers 5) Any Others(s) Remarks.
EXERCISE FOR EVERY STAGE (Self-Check Questionnaire) 1) Relevance of the Scope of the study, 2) Relevance to the Discipline /Interest of the study.
, 3) Relevance to the Inter-Disciplines, 4) Relevance to the Objectives of the Study, 5) Relevance to the Research Questions of the study, 6) Relevance to the pursuits of the study 7) Relevance to the Adequate Resources, 8) Available Relevance to the study populations, 9) Relevance to the Conclusions/Discussions/Results.
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