SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH
UNIVERSITY
MARATHWADA OF MUMBAI
UNIVERSITY, NANDED - 431 606
E
TELECOM LECTRONICS AND
MUNICATION ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Engineeri ng
Second Year (
(Rev2012Semester III And I V), Revise d Course
TWO El
YEARS cademic Year 2013PROGRAMME
ectronics &MASTER
From A DEGREE
) Telecommunication Engineering
-14
IN SCIENCE (M. Sc.)
(Second Year – Sem. III & IV), Revised course
(REV- 2012) from Academic Year 2012 -13.
Subject: Research
Under Methodology
FACU TY F
(M.Sc. first Year Common
HNOL GY
O the Subject
TEC for all
m O Syllabus)
(As per Se ester Based Credit and Grading System from 2013-14)
Under the Faculty of
Science and Technology
Effective from Academic Year 2023 – 2024
(As per NEP-2020)
Course Structure:
SVECRM401: Research Methodology
Theory
CA
Practical Total
[Col
Avg (6+7) /
Course Course (T1+T2)/2
Test Test II ESA Col
Code Name (6)
(2) I (7) CA ESA (8+9)]
(3) (4) (5) (8) (9)
(10)
SVECRM401
Research 15 15 60 -- --
Methodology 15 75
Teaching Scheme
Course Course Name Teaching Scheme Credits
Code (Hrs.) Assigned
(Paper Title)
Theory Practical Theory Practic Total
al
SVECRM401 Research 03 -- 03 -- 03
Methodology
SVECRM401: Research Methodology
Course pre-requisite:
Any Science Graduate
Course objectives:
To develop the research aptitude among the researchers
To develop the most appropriate methodology for his/her research
To make them familiar with different research methods and techniques
Course outcomes:
After completion of the course, students should be able to:
Understand the meaning and importance of research
Understand the concept of research design and survey methodology
Collection of data, processing of data and descriptive measures of data
Inferential analysis of data with hypothesis testing and multivariate techniques
Curriculum Details:
SVECRM401: Research Methodology (03 credits, 45 Hours)
No. of hours
Module Unit required to
Topic cover the
No. No.
contents
1. 0 Research Methodology
1.1 Meaning of research, Objectives of research, Types of research,
Research approaches, Significance of research, Research methods
1.2 versus methodology, Research and scientific methods, 10 Hours
1.3 Research processes, Criteria for good research
Research problem, Selecting the problem, Necessity of defining the
1.4 problem, Techniques involved in defining a problem
2.0 Research Design and Sample Surveys
2.1 Meaning and need for research design, features of a good design.
Important concepts relating to research design: Dependent and
independent variables, Extraneous variables, Control, Research
2.2
hypothesis, Experimental and non-experimental hypothesis –
Testing research, Experimental and control group
Different research designs: Research design in case of exploratory 12 Hours
research studies, Research design in case of hypothesis- testing
2.3 research studies, basic principles of experimental designs,
Important Experimental Designs
Sampling Design, steps in sample design, criteria of selecting
2.4 a sampling procedure, characteristics of a good sample
design, different types of sample design
3.0 Data Collection and Data Processing
Measurements in Research, Measurement Scales, Sources of
3.1 errors in measurement
Collection of primary data: Observation Method, Interview
3.2 Method, through questionnaires, through schedules,
difference between questionnaire and schedule
12 Hours
Collection of secondary data, Selection of appropriate
3.3 methods for data collection, Case study method
Data processing, processing operations: editing, coding,
classification, tabulation, graphical representation, types of
3.4
analysis, Statistics in research, Dispersion and Asymmetry,
Measures of Relationship, Regression Analysis
4.0 Testing of Hypothesis and Chi-Square Test
Basic Concepts Concerning Testing of Hypotheses, Procedure
and Flow diagram for Hypothesis Testing, Measuring the
4.1 Power of a Hypothesis Test, Tests of Hypotheses , Hypothesis
Testing of Correlation Coefficients and Limitations of the
Tests of Hypotheses 11 Hours
Chi-Square Test: Chi-Square Test for Comparing Variance,
Chi-square as a Non-parametric Test, Conditions for the
Application of Chi-Square Test, Steps Involved in Applying
4.2
Chi-square Test, Important Characteristics of Chi-Square
Test and caution in using Chi-Square test. Relationship
between Spearman’s r’s and Kendall’s, Characteristics of
Distribution-free or Non-parametric Tests
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Analysis of Co-Variance
4.3 (ANOCOVA), Distribution-free Tests, its importance
Multivariate Analysis Techniques, Characteristics and
Applications, Classification of Multivariate Techniques,
4.4
Variables in Multivariate Analysis, Important Multivariate
Techniques.
Total 45 Hours
Text Books:
1. C. R. Kothari, Quantitative Technique, New Delhi, Vikas Publication House
Reference Books:
1. Michael Alley, The Craft of Scientific Writing (3rd Edition), Springer, New York,
1996
2. Philip Reubens (General editor), Science and Technical Writing – A Manual of
Style (2nd Edition), Routledge, New York, 2001
