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SYLLABUS

Methodology of Educational Research and Statistics

Objectives
• To understand the basic concepts of research, research processes and designs.
• To understand the techniques of selecting different types of research problems.
• To acquire the skills of preparing the research proposal.

Sr. No. Content
1 Educational Research – concept, need and scope, Approaches to research- Qualitative

vs. Quantitative, Types of research – basic, applied research and action research.
2 Selection and identification of research problem, sources of research problem, Review

of related literature, need and sources.
3 Methods of research: descriptive method, Survey method, Correlation Studies,

Developmental Studies, Experimental research, Ex post-facto research, Experimental

Designs, Historical research.
4 Tools and techniques of data collection; Observation and observation schedule,

Questionnaire, Rating scale, Case study, Interview and Interview Schedule.

5 Population, sample and sampling design, Probability and non-probability sampling
techniques,

6 Hypothesis – concept, characteristics, sources, Formulation of hypotheses, testing of

hypotheses, Quantitative data – collection, scoring, analysis and interpretation,
Qualitative data – collection, scoring, analysis and interpretation, Preparation of

research report and dissemination of findings.
7 Statistical methods: frequency distribution and graphical representation, Measurement

of central tendency- Mean, Median, Mode, Measures of variability- SD, MD, QD.

8 Probability: Normal Probability Curve and its Uses.
9 Correlation- rank difference, product moment method

10 Chi-square test, T-test, F-test.