Research Methodology Methods and Techniques

1.RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:AN INTRODUCTION
1.1 Meaning of Research
1.2 Objectives of Research
1.3 Types of Research
1.4 Research Approaches
1.5 Significance of Research
1.6 Research Methods versus Methodology
1.7 Research & Scientific Method
1.8 Research Process
1.9 Criteria of Good Research
1.10 Problems Encountered by Researchers in India
*Problems
2.Defining the Research Problem
2.1 What is a Research Problem?
2.2 Selecting the Problem
2.3 Necessity of Defining the Problem
2.4 Technique Involved in Defining a Problem
2.5 An Illustration
2.6 Conclusion
* Problems
3. Research Design
3.1 Meaning of Research Design
3.2 Need for Research Design
3.3 Features of a Good Design
3.4 Important Concepts Relating to Research Design
3.4.1 Dependent & Independent Design
3.4.2 Extraneous Variable
3.4.3 Control
3.4.4 Confounded Relationship
3.4.5 Research Hypothesis
3.4.6 Experimental & Non-Experimental Hypothesis-Testing Research
3.4.7 Experimental & Control Groups
3.4.8 Treatments
3.4.9 Experiment
3.4.10 Experimental Unit(s)