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Research Methodology Syllabus

This 4 credit hour course provides undergraduate students with the skills to conduct research and properly report their results. The course aims to help students understand and master the research process. Students will learn the steps of research, how to write a research proposal, and how to defend their proposal. Specific topics covered include defining research, the research process, choosing a topic, literature reviews, research design, variables, data collection and analysis methods. Assessment includes individual assignments, presentations, midterm and final exams. The goal is for students to produce a quality research proposal by the end of the course.

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Research Methodology Syllabus

This 4 credit hour course provides undergraduate students with the skills to conduct research and properly report their results. The course aims to help students understand and master the research process. Students will learn the steps of research, how to write a research proposal, and how to defend their proposal. Specific topics covered include defining research, the research process, choosing a topic, literature reviews, research design, variables, data collection and analysis methods. Assessment includes individual assignments, presentations, midterm and final exams. The goal is for students to produce a quality research proposal by the end of the course.

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Research Methodology Syllabus

4 Credit Hours
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Introduction
Undergraduate students should be able to do research in their related field and report result of
the research in a proper way. The students should be able to make the reader of their research
understand well the back ground and the reasons of the research, the problem statement(s),
the research question(s), the objective(s), the justification of the research, the literature
review and the theoretical framework, the method used, the findings, and the suggested
program(s) or action(s) related to the finding(s) of the research.
This research methodology subject has main aim in helping students in understanding and
mastering the process of doing research in the level of undergraduate students. The main
product of this subject is good and qualified research proposals of students taking this
subject.
General Objectives
Having taken this subject, the students should be able to:
1. Understand the steps in doing research in the field of ICT management and business.
2. Able to make research proposals in the field of ICT management and business.
3. Able to defense the research proposal in the field of ICT management and business.
Specific Objectives:
Having taken this subject, the students should be able to:
1. Explain clearly the definition of research
2. Explain clearly the research process
3. Chose the properly the topic of the research
4. Write clearly the background of the research
5. Write clearly the problem statements
6. Write clearly the research question(s)

7. Write clearly the research objective(s)


8. Write clearly the justification(s) of the research.
9. Describe clearly the literature reviews
10. Describe clearly the proposed model/theoretical framework
11. Explain clearly the hypothesis
12. Explain clearly the variable(s)
13. Explain clearly the measurements, including scaling, validity, and reliability.
14. Explain clearly the population, sample, sample size, and technique sampling
15. Explain clearly the method of collecting data
16. Explain clearly the statistical analysis tools and software used in the research proposal.
Teaching and Learning Method
1. Lecturing
2. Individual and group Assignments
3. Workshops
4. Group and class discussions
5. Presentations
Teaching and Learning Topics
Meetings
1

Topics
Introduction to Research
a. Definition of research
b. Characteristics of research
c. Types of research
d. Research process

Background of research
a. Observation : broad area of research interest indentified
b. Preliminary data gathering: interviewing and literature survey
c. Problem definition: research problem delineated
d. Defining a title of research

e. Problem statement(s)
f. Research question(s)
g. Research objective(s)
h. Justification of a research
3

Theoretical Framework
a. Understanding the term of theoretical framework
b. The process in creating a theoretical framework: identifying and labeling
variables
c. Creating a theoretical framework for a research

Hypothesis
a. Definition of the hypothesis
b. Types of hypothesis
c. Deciding hypothesis based on the proposed theoretical framework

Research Design
a. Research design based on purpose of the study
b. Research design based on types of investigation
c. Research design based on extent of researcher interference
d. Research design based on study setting

Variables
a. Definition of a variable
b. Types of variables
c. Identifying variables of proposed theoretical framework

Individual Presentation on the research proposal

Middle Test

Measurements of Variables: operational definition and scaling


a. Operationalization of variables
b. Dimensions and elements
c. Scales (Nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio)
d. Rating scales and Ranking scales

10

Measurements: Questionnaire
a. Questionnaire as one of measurements and data collection methods
b. Types of questionnaire
c. Composing questionnaire (deciding items of variables)

11

Measurements: validity and reliability


a. Definition of Validity and reliability of questionnaire as one of
measurements
b. Criteria of validity and reliability of questionnaire as one of measurements
c. Measuring the validity and reliability of questionnaire as one of
measurements by using SPSS and SmartPLS software.

12

Population and Sample


a. Definition of population and sample
b. Definition of Technique sampling
c. Types of Technique sampling: probability and non probability
d. Sampling size

13

Data collection method and qualitative data Analysis


a. Sources of Data (primary and secondary)
b. Qualitative Data Analysis: data reduction, data display, and drawing
conclusions.

14

Quantitative Data Analysis


a. Getting the data ready for analysis
b. Choosing appropriate quantitative data analysis tools
c. Choosing appropriate quantitative data analysis software

15

Individual Presentation on the research proposal

16

Final Exam

References:
1. Babbi, Earl (1986) The Practice of Social Research, Wards worth Publishing Co.,
California
2. Champion, Dean J. (1981) Basic Statistics for Social Research, Mac Millan Publishing
Co., New York

3. Friendenberg, Lisa (1995) Physhological Testing, Design, Analysis and Use, Allyn and
Bacon, Boston.
4. Hair J.F., Black,W.C., Babin, J.B., and Anderson, R.E (2010). Multivariate Data Analysis,
A Global Persepctive. Seventh Edition, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson
Education, Inc
5. Malhotra, Naresh K. 1999. Marketing Research an Applied Orientation. Third Edition.
Prentice Hall, Inc. New Jersey
6. Scheaffer & Mendenhall, (1990) Elementary Survey Sampling, Duxbury Press, California
7. Sekaran, Uma (2003) Research methods for Business, A Skill Building Approach, John
Wiley & Sons Inc., Singapore
8. Sekaran, U. and Bougie, R. (2010) Research Method for Business, A Skill Building
Approach. Fifth Edition. John Wiley & Sons Inc., Singapore
9. Siegel, Sidney & Castellan John N. (1988) Nonparametric Statistics, McGraw Hill
International Editions, New York

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