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Module name |
Concepts covered |
Recorded sessions - No. of hours |
Assessment |
Learning outcomes |
| Session 1 |
Introduction |
Introduction; need for research; the scientific method; determinants of conducting research; types of research designs; problem definition |
3 |
Exercise |
Good understanding of research process, basic research designs and the determinants of research. |
| Session 2 |
Theory, Research Concepts, Propositions & Hypotheses, Measurement and Scaling Concepts, Reliability and Validity |
Theory building (deductive and inductive); abstract and empirical level; measurement and scaling; summated scales and reverse coding; reliability, validity and sensitivity; pragmatic ways to establish reliability and validity |
3 |
Exercise |
Good understanding of theory building process and pragmatic understanding of measurement and scaling. |
| Session 3 |
Attitude Measurement and Survey Research |
Attitude; techniques for measuring attitudes; types of scales used in social science research and their demonstration using attitude measurement; survey research and errors in survey research; survey research methods; response rates and practical ways to increase response rate |
3 |
Exercise |
Good understanding of measurement of various components of attitude using various scales and practical knowledge of survey research along with the challenges faced in survey research. |
| Session 4 |
Design of Instruments, Sampling Designs, Sampling Procedures and Data entry, coding, cleaning and editing |
Design of Instruments and decisions in instrument design, Sampling Designs (probability/non-probability; single stage/multistage etc.), Sampling Procedures; estimating sample size; (if time permits - data entry, coding, cleaning and editing) |
3 |
Exercise |
Good (and practical) understanding of design of instruments and sampling as well as estimation of sample size. |
| Session 5 |
Time for reflection and additional questions and answers recording for the topics covered in the first 4 sessions |
Time for reflection and additional Q & A recording for the topics covered in the first 4 sessions |
3 |
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Time for reflection and additional Q & A recording for the topics covered in the first 4 sessions |
| Session 6 |
Hypothesis Testing and Data Analysis Methods for Survey Research |
Types of statistical analysis; types of hypotheses; hypothesis testing process; significance level and p-value as well as their inter-play; types of errors and methods used in data analysis |
3 |
Exercise |
Good (and practical) understanding of statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, and drawing inferences. |
| Session 7 |
Experimental Research: Causality, Demand Characteristics, Control, Experimental Validity and Introduction to Various Experimental Designs - I |
Creating an experiment; designing an experiment (important design elements); cause, effect and experimental confound; demand characteristics; practical experimental design issues; issues of experimental validity; types of experimental designs (true; quasi and non-experimental as well as time-series) (pretest-posttest control group; posttest only control group; non-equivalent control group, multiple treatment and complex designs; difference in difference etc.); |
3 |
Exercise |
Good and practical understanding of experiments and experimental designs. |
| Session 8 |
Experimental Research: Causality, Demand Characteristics, Control, Experimental Validity and Introduction to Various Experimental Designs – II
+ Feedback and reflection |
Creating an experiment; designing an experiment (important design elements); cause, effect and experimental confound; demand characteristics; practical experimental design issues; issues of experimental validity; types of experimental designs (true; quasi and non-experimental as well as time-series) (pretest-posttest control group; posttest only control group; non-equivalent control group, multiple treatment and complex designs; difference in difference etc.); |
3 (2+1) |
Exercise |
Good and practical understanding of experiments and experimental designs. |
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