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Annexure 2A

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

Research Methodology course for PhD students in Technology and Management (Onsite)

(Course code : RM 702)


Credits: 4

Research: Basic Concepts


• Introduction to research, Need for good Research.
• The Philosophies of Research, Process of Research
• Hallmarks of Scientific Research (in your respective streams)
o Purposiveness, Rigor, Testability, Replicability, Precision and Confidence, Objectivity,
Generalizability, Parsimony
• Approaches to Research
o Briefly discuss on different types of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method research
• Importance of research and role of theory in research (12 Hours)
Formulating Research Question, Hypothesis and Objectives
• The broad problem area
• Nature of information to be gathered.
• Defining the problem statement with help of SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals).
• Designing research questions under different research approaches
• Types of hypotheses and steps to develop an effective hypothesis
• How to frame SMART Research objectives with action verbs (10 Hours)
Literature Review
• Different Data sources
o Journals, Thesis, Conference proceedings, Reports, Textbooks and book chapters
• Searching for literature with Boolean operators in various databases
• Different types of literature Review, Defining a “review”. (10 Hours)
Sampling and data collection
• Sample survey versus census
• Steps in sampling design
• Sampling methods (random and non-random sampling methods)
• Criteria for choice of sampling methods
• Data Collection methods: traditional and digital methods (4 Hours)

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Scale Development
• Types of Data / Scales
• Steps in Scale development
• Reliability: Cronbach’s Alpha, Test-retest reliability
• Face and Content validity, Construct validity, Convergent/Divergent validity (4 Hours)
Research Components with Statistical Inputs
• Types of Variables, Types of Data (primary, secondary)
• Scales of Measurement
• Graphical representation of data: Bar/pie diagrams, Histogram/box plots, Line charts, Scatter
plots
• Descriptive Statistics: Measures of Central tendency and Measures of Dispersion
• Reporting Descriptive Statistics
• Correlation (Pearson and Spearman’s Correlation) and Cross-tabulation (Chi-square analysis)
• Which statistical test to use when? (Implementation in Microsoft Excel): two sample
independent t-test,
One-way ANOVA, paired t-test and its non-parametric variants. Hands-on Practice using
Microsoft Excel (6 Marks)
Research Protocol
• Introduction
o Defining and narrowing on a topic
o Outline the background of the study, relevance and context
o Linking to Sustainable Development Goals
• Literature Review
o Enumerate, describe, summarize, objectively evaluate and clarify the previous research
• Research Gaps identified
o Relevant citation to be provided from where the gaps are extracted
• SMART Objectives
o Using action verbs
o Avoid double barrel objectives
• Detailed Methodology
o Philosophy, Approach,
o Sampling size, Sampling data collection techniques, population / unit, geographical unit
o Tools of data analysis
• Expected outcome
o Overall outcome that can be expected from your research
• Importance of proposed research investigation and link to SDGs
o Purpose to convince how your study can help stakeholders

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• Research Time plan
o Based on your research objectives
• Pilot study / Preliminary work done
o To assess the feasibility / acceptability of an approach to be used in a larger scale study
• Details of Expenses and source of funding
o Detailed break-up of research related expenses
▪ For consumables / software / equipment / travel etc.
▪ Details of source of funding
• If the study does not require funding, same to be mentioned with
justification
• Scholarships / fellowships awarded to the candidate should not be
mentioned under research related expenses mentioned above
• Referencing Styles
o Vancouver, Harvard and APA style
• Course work details suggested by DAC with credits
• Similarity check report
o Total word count, index < 15% and exclude Matches<3
o Duly signed by the candidate and guide (6 Hours)
Scientific Writing
• Guidelines for oral and poster presentations
• Manuscript writing
• Plagiarism policy of MAHE
• Predatory Conferences, Predatory Journals
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
• Journal article retraction
• UGC guidelines on research misconduct
• How to write an effective grant proposal for reputed agencies
• Research collaboration and networking
• Improving visibility of research work enhancing H-index and citations (3 Hours)

Personality Development and Communication Skills


• Time Management
• Writing Professional E-mails
• Stress and Conflict Management
• Researcher’s Curriculum Vitae
• Etiquettes to successfully work with a research team (5 Hours)

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Reference Books:

1. Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2022). Research design (6th ed.). SAGE Publications
2. Saunders, M.N.K., Lewis, P. and Thornhill, A. (2019) Research Methods for
Business Students. 8th Edition, Pearson, New York.
3. Duarte, N. (2008). Slide:ology The Art and Science of Presentation. O’Reilly
4. Pranjal Bora, Jibon Saikia & Anil Hazarika (2023). A Concise Book on Research Methodology and
Research and Publication Ethics. Notion Press

Assessments:

Assessment pattern for the course shall be as mentioned below:

Assessment 1: MCQ covering all the content of the course (20% weightage); centralized,
conducted by the course coordinator

Assessment 2: Develop a ‘review of literature section’ of protocol (40% weightage) assessed by


the PhD supervisor on direction from the coordinator of the Research Methodology coursework

Assessment 3: Develop a protocol (all sections except ‘review of literature’) as per MAHE
template for PhD Protocol Submissions (40% weightage) assessed by the PhD supervisor on
direction from the coordinator of the Research Methodology coursework.

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