Research Methods

Overview

The present course has been specially designed for under graduate students in their application of social science research methodology and their underlying philosophical foundations. As we all know, an under-graduate course focuses on building critical thinking skills needed to analyse complex public policy issues. Graduate students need to know how to assess the validity of research in their field and how to produce scholarly work. Researchers have a variety of “tools” that can be used to measure program outcomes, public opinion, and the efficacy of program interventions. In this course, you will learn the variety of tools available to researchers and how to use them in research.

Syllabus

W1M1_Research Methods in Public Administration: Introduction & OverviewW1M2_Meaning, Objectives, Scope and Importance of Social Science ResearchW2M3_Research Process in Public AdministrationW2M4_Types of ResearchW2M5_Human Inquiry and Science in Public Administration ResearchW3M6_Methods of Research: A) Scientific MethodW3M7_Methods of Research: B) Case Study MethodW3M8_Methods of Research: C) Survey MethodW4M9_Methods of Research: D) Content Analysis (Part-1)W4M10_Methods of Research: D) Content Analysis (Part-2)W4M11_Trends on Research in Public Policy and GovernanceW5M12_Philosophical Foundations of Research Design and Introduction to Research DesignW5M13_Research Design: Preparation of Research DesignW5M14_Research Design: Types (Part 1)W6M15_Research Design: Types (Part 2)W6M16_Research Design - Identification of Research ProblemW6M17_Introduction to Experimental Designs & CausalityW7M18_Research Design: Variables in Social ResearchW7M19_Application of various types of Research Designs in Public AdministrationW7M20_Problems of Research DesignW8M21_Hypothesis - Meaning, Importance, Sources, Qualities & DifficultiesW8M22_Hypothesis TestingW8M23_Methods of Data Collection: Primary and Secondary SourcesW9M24_Methods of Data Collection - Secondary sources of Data CollectionW9M25_Use of Library and Internet in ResearchW9M26_Methods of Data Collection: Observation MethodsW10M27_Methods of Data Collection: Questionnaire DesignW10M28_Introduction to Observational StudiesW10M29_Methods of Data Collection – InterviewW11M30_Method of Data Collection: Case StudyW11M31_Sampling - Meaning, Merits and DemeritsW11M32_Sampling -Types and Procedure of Selecting a Representative SampleW12M33_Sampling Design & TechniquesW12M34_Processing and Organizing DataW12M35_Data Classification and TabulationW13M36_Data Measurement & Analysis in Public AdministrationW13M37_Statistical Tools for Data Analysis and Measures of Central TendencyW13M38_Qualitative Research MethodsW13M39_Qualitative EvaluationW14M40_Qualitative Data Analysis in Public Research Methods & TechniquesW14M41_Survey Design & MeasurementW14M42_Survey Administration and Quantitative AnalysisW14M43_Statistical Sampling and Survey AdministratorW14M44_Building an internet survey with QualtricsW15M45_Citing and Ethics of Research in Public AdministrationW15M46_Report Writing Pedagogy for ResearchW15M47_Citation in Academic WritingW15M48_Theory Building in Social SciencesW15M49_Objectivity in Social Science Research