Research Methodology
How should I plan a project? What data is to be collected? How to analyze them and conclude?These questions may come across your mind when you start a project or make some project proposals. Here, we discuss those strategies.
Are you thinking of a career in research?
Are you a bachelor or master student? Are you thinking of going for PhD? Here, we give you some information on what would it be like a researcher. You may also look into our Research Blog page to know some interesting fields of research.
- CHARTING A COURSE FOR A SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH CAREER – A Guide for Early Career Researchers 2nd Edition. Prof. Alan M Johnson
- Nine things you should consider before embarking on a PhD
Research Methodology and Research Method
This chapter looks at the various research methodologies and research methods that are commonly used by researchers.
- Research Methodology and Research Method, Sam Goundar, Victoria University of Wellington (This is particularly in the field of information systems.)
- Lecture notes on Research methodology
Publishing your paper: Making your best
Collection of articles on how you can prepare a quality publication. How to write down your results, how to make the best figures, and how to choose references, etc.
- The art of writing the title
- The art of writing a cover letter
- Factors to be considered while citing literature in your manuscript
- Making the best graphs for your manuscript
- Rejected without a review? Why?
- Getting your submission right avoiding rejection
- How to make your next paper significantly effective
Publishing your paper: Ethics
Topics such as: Authorship, Conflict of interest, Plagiarism, Simultaneous submission, Research fraud, etc.
- Elsvier | Ethics in Research & Publication
- Plagiarism – One of the most common types of publication misconduct is plagiarism–when one author deliberately uses another’s work without permission, credit, or acknowledgment.
What is meant by scientific method?
Prof. Ranjith Padinhateeri,
Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
A lecture on the scientific method aimed at students starting research. Need of theoretical studies, importance of alternate hypothesis, example of getting it wrong (and a joke!). experiments, data, and probabilistic view are discussed.