Sameer Phanse

Research Methodology : Logic, Methods, and Cases/ - 1st ed. - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2016 - 727

Research Methodology—Logic, Methods, and Cases shares valuable, rarely accessible methodological insights, capable of turning seekers into mature researchers. Besides postgraduate management students, others such as research/doctoral scholars, academicians, practising researchers, consultants, and corporate executives connected to research will also find this book useful as it illustrates the philosophical underpinnings of research procedures in detail. The book also shares important methodological insights. The book makes research intuitive, effective, and enjoyable by divulging philosophical and logical ideas that are key to comprehension of others’ research and success in one’s own research.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Research and Research Methodology
Chapter 2: Science and Scientific Thinking
Chapter 3: The Research Process
Chapter 4: Research Design
Chapter 5: Formal Logic, Deduction, and Induction
Chapter 6: Theories and Hypotheses
Chapter 7: Explanation, Prediction, and Laws
Chapter 8: Observation, Measurement, and Data
Chapter 9: Statistical Sampling
Chapter 10: Parametric and Non-parametric Statistics
Chapter 11: Hypothesis Testing and Managerial Decision-making
Chapter 12: Introduction to Advanced Statistical Concepts and Applications
Chapter 13: Data Collection Methods
Chapter 14: Reporting the Research
Chapter 15: Questionnaire Design
Chapter 16: Field Operations

9780199453788


Research--Methodology
Research--Statistical methods
Social sciences--Research

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