- To understand how to select the appropriate research method for your study.
- To get a fundamental understanding of various research methods.
- To choose the right statistical technique to be used with different research methods
Eligibility
- Open to students & Faculties
Dates – To be Announced
Time: 10AM to 1PM
Price – INR 1,800 + 18% GST
Who will teach the course–
Dr. Hansika Kapoor, Research Author, Dept. of Psychology, Monk® Prayogshala®
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Dr. Hansika Kapoor holds a PhD from IIT, Bombay in the area of negative creativity aka how people get good ideas to do bad things. She is a Fulbright fellow and her research interests lie in cognitive science, social psychology, and behavioural economics.
Anirudh Tagat, Research Author, Dept. of Economics, Monk® Prayogshala®
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Anirudh is currently pursuing his PhD in Econometrics at the IITB-Monash Research Academy. His research interests lie in behavioural and experimental economics.
Course Structure:-
Day 1: Introduction to Research Methods
- Importance of Research – 15 Mins
- What is Scientific Research? – 15 Mins
- Researcher Skills – 30 Mins
- Basic Concepts in Research – 30 Mins
- Difference between Academic Research and Market Research
- Difference between Quantitative and Qualitative Research
- Research Question and Hypothesis – 30 Mins
- Research Ethics – 30 Mins
Day 2: Experimental Research Methods
- Introduction to the Experimental Method – 30 Mins
- Conditions – 10 Mins
- Principles – 10 Mins
- Types – 10 Mins
- Variables – 30 Mins
- Between Groups – 30 Mins
- Within Groups/Repeated – 30 Mins
- Factorial – 10 Mins
- Quasi-Experimental/Natural – 10 Mins
Day 3: Survey Research
- Introduction to Survey Research
- What is survey research? – 10 Mins
- Why are surveys important? – 10 Mins
- Use of surveys in social science – 10 Mins
- Constructing survey questionnaires – 30 Mins
- Item development and survey design
- Generating items and scales – 30 Mins
- Testing reliability and validity – 30 Mins
- Conducting Surveys
- Sampling – 30 Mins
- Practical considerations – 15 Mins
- Ethical Issues – 15 Mins
Day 4: Introduction to Statistics
- Introduction to Statistics
- Population and Sample – 30 Mins
- The Normal Curve – 10 Mins
- Levels of Measurement – 10 Mins
- Descriptive Statistics – 60 Mins
- Inferential Statistics – 60 Mins
Day 5: Non-Experimental Methods and Secondary Research
- Observational Research Methods – 30 Mins
- Interviews – 30 Mins
- Case Study – 30 Mins
- Choosing the Right Research Method – 30 Mins
- Secondary Research
Contact Details – Pooja Lalwani – H.R. College – 8879071582
Registration for this certificate program is closed now.