Quality research sarang bhola

Quality ResearchSarang Bhola

Associate Professor, KBPIMSR, Satara

Agenda

•Food for Thought

•Attitude Towards Research…

•API …are the numbers killing quality research??

•Understanding Research

•Common Queries … Research

•Contemporary Indicators of Quality Research

•Process of Research•Process of Research

•Quality Checks in Research Process

•Essential Basics

•Errors in Research

•Hurdles

•Ethics in Research.

Food for Thought

• Those who know how to think need no teachers – M.K.Gandhi

• Are you a copy cat or an originator?

Teaching without research is

sterile.

Attitude Towards Research…

• Degree Oriented - ( Get not Earn!!!!)

• Number Oriented- (No botheration about Quality !!!!)

Research is a continuous process and publications;

research qualification is just a milestone in the

voyage of research.

• Number Oriented- (No botheration about Quality !!!!)

•Output Oriented – useful in providing

solutions for the problems cited.

API …are the numbers killing quality research??

Pay and Publish…• Quantitative Approach

• Mushroom Growth of Journals

• Availability of On-line Journals

• In-absentia Paper Presentations Certification

• Absence of Peer Review

• No standard Guidelines for Referees of Peer Reviewed Journals.

Understanding Research

• Research is a complete science

• Probing depth in methodology unfold height of • Probing depth in methodology unfold height of

research.

Common Queries … Research

Common Queries …

• What should be the topic/subject for Ph.D. research?

• Topic expectations from guide

• Is Hypothesis needed?

• How many hypotheses should be stated?

• How many objectives should be set?

• How much review is adequate?

• How many variables to process?

• I want minimum sample size

• Does hypothesis need to be tested?

• How much time is required to complete research?

• Do we keep our research confidential?

• What should be the size of paper/thesis/report/chapters?.

Contemporary Indicators of Quality Research

• Publication in Impact Factor Journals

• Monograph Publication

• Case study Development

• Reference Book Publications

• Policy Documents. • Policy Documents.

• ‘h’ factor

• ‘i10’ factor.

• Which journal is carrying your article?

• Number of citations

• Who have cited the paper?

• Model building should be the integral part of

Contemporary Indicators of Quality Research

contd.

• Model building should be the integral part of

research in social sciences.

• Generalization of findings to the population

is expected.

Research Design

Determining Scope

Defining Objects

Hypothesis Setting

Problem Formulation Research process is a gamut

which is interrelated and

interdependent

Ultimate aim of Research is to

provide prescriptions for

problems cited and unearthed

during research process.

Process of Research

Prescriptions

Findings

Testing of Hypothesis

Data Analysis

Pilot Testing

Research Design during research process.

Quality Checks in Research Process

Process Quality Check

Problem identification •Inductive Method

•Deductive method

Hypothesis

•Features of good hypothesis

Inductive – Deductive

•Supplement Hypothesis TestingHypothesis •Supplement Hypothesis Testing

Parametric – Non Parametric

•Qualitative Observations

Review

•Types – Selection of appropriate type of review

•Presentation of review in the report

•Review is the gap finding process

Defining Objectives•Should be in line with research problem and

hypothesis.

Quality Checks in Research Process. .contd.

Process Quality Check

Research Design

Instrument testing

•Reliability analysis

•Physical verification of instruments

Sampling

•Consideration of population

•Sample size calculations

•Sampling method

Interview

•Convey the Objectivity – who are you? Purpose for

research

• Relax the sample

•Personalized questions at the end of interview

•Observe more – read between the lines and note down

Pilot Testing •Very essential to judge validity of questionnaire

•Repetitive testing till nullifying errors.

Quality Checks in Research Process..contd.

Process Quality Check

Data Analysis

•Designing data analysis scheme

•Data feeding

•Put Validation Check

•Variable Coding – Development of Code Sheet

•Data validity

•Outliers pruning•Outliers pruning

Testing of

Hypothesis

•Use of appropriate tool

•Take into consideration conditions to use the

tool.

Findings

•Relate your findings with earlier researchs

•Sufficient discussion is expected

•Correlate with secondary- concurrent data

Prescriptions •Addition to Body of Knowledge

•Practical Implementation of Prescriptions.

• Basic Knowledge• Knowledge of Research Methodology

• Knowledge of Basic Computing Skills (word – Excel)

• Knowledge of Language (desirable)

Essential Basics

• Personal Qualities• Patience• Passion for innovation

• Learning attitude – knowledge welcome from all sources

• Analytical thinking

• Reading between the lines .

• Ask questions

• Have clear idea about

• Seek answers

• Look for the answers

• Ponder over problems

• Keep on thinking over

Desirable Attitude

• Have clear idea about your topic

• Dare to request for information

• Look for the answers

• Sometimes answers are obvious

• Sometimes you have to hunt for them

• Keep on thinking over the problems until you reach a solution.

DocumentationMaintain Bibliography of

research work referred.

Contents

• Objectives, findings

• Research methodology

• Keywords

Publication Details• Publication Details

• Keep soft copy (if

possible).

Additives

• Correct and adequate use of statistical tools

• Improvise your own research

• Researcher should be unbiased

• Researcher should honestly state limitations

• Every research is a story in itself

• You should be known as an authority for the subject of your research.

Errors in Research

• Random Error: Sample selection error

ErrorsIN OUT

• Random Error: Sample selection error

• Random Misclassification: Wrong classification of sample

• Bias: Biased researcher or sample

• Confounding: Role of extraneous variables.

Hurdles

• Reliability of sample source list

• Reliability and usability of secondary data

• Unavailability of articles for review; paid articles

Lack of research culture• Lack of research culture

• Sample do not share honestly.

Ethics in Research

• Plagiarism

• Liberty to samples for participation in research

• Confidentiality of respondents’ data

• Reporting should be unbiased.

US……….You and Me together…Let’s strive for Quality Research

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