Guidelines of Discipline Specific Elective VI/VII Semester

(NEP UGCF 2022)

Research Methodology
(Effective from Academic Year 2024-25)

Introduction: Meaning and significance of the research, research cycle, research tools,
methods and methodology, types of research

Research process: Research process and research output. research approaches - induction
and deduction in research, scientific statements - hypothesis, theory, law, fact, research
ethics. Identifying a research problem, literature review, peer review process, publication
international standards, professional research societies

Research plan implementation: Analyzing quantitative data - exploring and organizing data
sets, choosing appropriate statistics, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, interpreting
the data, testing hypotheses, drawing conclusions and identifying future work - summarizing
results and process evaluation

Research Ethics and publication: Research ethics, conflict of interest, intellectual property
rights, fraud and misconduct in science, plagiarism, plagiarism checker, citation and listing
systems of references, scientometric analysis - citation index and analysis, research paper
writing

Unit Topic Chapters Reference No. of

s Hours
Introduction Meaning and significance of the [4] 6
research, Research cycle, Research Ch 1 (Pg 21-
tools, methods and methodology. 31)

Types of Research 1.4 [2]

Research Research process and research Ch 1(Pg 8- [1] 10
process output. Research approaches 11),
induction and deduction in research, 1.6, 1.7, 7.2,
scientific statements - hypothesis, 10.2, 10.3
theory, law, fact, research ethics.

[2]
Identifying a research problem 3.4, 3.5
literature review, Peer review
process, publication international
standards, professional research
societies
Research Ch 8 [4] 17
plan Analyzing Quantitative Data -
implementat Exploring and organising data sets,
ion choosing appropriate statistics,
descriptive statistics, inferential
statistics, testing hypotheses,
interpreting the data

Drawing Conclusions and Ch 11 [5]

Identifying future work -
Summarizing results and process
evaluation

Research 12
Ethics and Research Ethics, 6.1,6.2 [2]
publication
Conflict of interest,

Intellectual Property Rights, Fraud 23.3, 23.4, [1]

and Misconduct in Science, 24.1, 24.7
[3]
Plagiarism, plagiarism checker 7.2

Citation and Listing Systems of 15.2 [1]

References
Scientometric analysis - Citation 9.5, 9.6 [1]
index and analysis

Research paper writing 1.4 [3]

REFERENCES:
1. Thomas, C. G. (2021). Research Methodology and Scientific Writing, 2nd Ed.
Springer.
2. Ghezzi. C. Being a Researcher: An Informatics Perspective. Springer
3. Locharoenrat, K. (2018). Research Methodologies for Beginners. PAN Stanford
Publication.
4. Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2016). Practical Research: Planning and Design, 11th
Ed. Pearson.
5. Thesis Projects: A Guide for students in computer science and Information Systems
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
1. Panneerselvam, R. Research methodology. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
2. Kothari, C. R., & Garg, G. (2024). Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques,
5th Ed. New Age International Publishers.
3. Kumar, R. Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Pearson
Education.
4. Mukherjee, S. P. (2019). A Guide to Research Methodology. Springer.
5. https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/what-you-need-know-about-unescos-new-ai-
competency-frameworks-students-and-teachers?hub=32618

Practicals
Capstone Project: Students must choose an area of interest for research, based on the
curriculum (but not limited by it) covered in the program. They should identify a research
problem to solve. During the semester the students must document the research journey in the
form of a report, which will be evaluated at the end of the semester. The students are
encouraged to write a research paper based on the report, under the guidance of the teacher.
The practical class for research methodology course should be utilized to perform the
following tasks in the research process.

1. Search the research papers related to the chosen problem using academic search engines
like Google Scholar, Scopus search, Web of Science database, etc.

a. Evaluate the venue of the source of research paper - Journals using citation metrics like
CiteScore, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
etc., Conferences venues are evaluated using indexing information, Core Ranking etc.

b. Summarize the reviewed papers in a tabular format with columns: Paper Title, Author(s),
Year, Key Findings, and Citation Count.

c. Explore reference management tools like Mendley / Zotero / EndNote to organize, store,
and manage references.

2. Practice data analysis techniques taught in the class and identify a suitable technique
required to solve the chosen research problem.

3. Write the research report and prepare to write the research paper.

a. Choose a document writing software and prepare the report as per the format given by the
teacher.

b. Use the plagiarism check tool to assess the similarity index of the report and ensure that it
is less than 10%
c. Explore the journal finder tools available for the publishers and select a suitable journal to
submit the manuscript