Week - 1 |
Selecting the research approach, literature review |
Week - 2 |
Writing strategies and ethical issues |
Week - 3 |
Research design: Writing the purpose, research questions and hypothesis |
Week - 4 |
Quantitative methods, defining survey and experimental designs |
Week - 5 |
Factors of survey design, factors of experimental design and plan |
Week - 6 |
Qualitative methods |
Week - 7 |
Factors of qualitative methods |
Week - 8 |
Characteristics of qualitative research designs |
Week - 9 |
Role of the researcher in qualitative designs, data collection process |
Week - 10 |
Data recording |
Week - 11 |
Analyzing the data and interpreting |
Week - 12 |
Mixed methods |
Week - 13 |
Convergence models, sequential methods |
Week - 14 |
Important issues in selecting the mixed methods |