PGD Block Chain Technology Research Methodology Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the P.G. Diploma in Block Chain Technology under NEP 2020, approved by the Academic Council on 7 July 2023 and in force from the academic year 2023-24. It is the only syllabus the University has published for this diploma, and it has not been revised since.
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Syllabus for Research Methodology
Module I, Unit 1 15 Hrs [OC1]
- Research Methodology and Problem Identification and Formulation: Meaning and objectives, motivation of research, types of research, research methods v/s methodology, research and scientific methods, research process and stages of research, defining and formulating the research problem, technique involved in defining a problem, importance of literature review in defining a problem, role of literature review, ways to perform literature review, methods to find open problem and research problems, critical literature review, identifying gap areas from literature study, hypothesis building
Module I, Unit 2 15 Hrs [OC2, OC3]
- Research Design and Data Collection and Analysis: Need of research design, concepts related to research design, different research designs, research plan, basic principles of experimental design and setup, collection of primary data, observation methods, interview methods, collection of data through questionnaire and schedules, collection of secondary data, selection of appropriate method for data collection, case study method, guidelines for developing questionnaire, successful interview, survey v/s experiment, processing and data analysis, use of statistical packages, measure of asymmetries and other measures. Fieldwork-The Nature of Field Work, Selection and Training of Investigators, Sampling Frame and Sample Selection, Field Operation, Field Administration.
Module II, Unit 3 20 Hrs [OC4]
- Probability Distribution and Hypothesis Testing: Sampling and probability distribution, definitions and basic concepts of hypothesis testing, procedures of hypothesis testing, flow diagram for hypothesis testing, test of hypothesis, important parametric test, hypothesis testing of mean, proportion, tests for equality of mean and variances of two population, confidence interval, z-test, and X2 test for goodness to fit, limitation of test of hypothesis.
- Analysis of Variance and Covariance: Basic principle of Analysis of Variance, ANOVA Technique, Setting up Analysis of Variance Table, short-cut method for one- way ANOVA, Coding method, Two-way ANOVA, ANOVA in Latin-square design, analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA), assumptions in ANCOVA.
Module II, Unit 4 10 Hrs [OC5, OC6, OC7]
- Academic Ethics: Plagiarism, exposure on anti-plagiarism tools.
- Technical Writing and IPR: Academic writing, sources of information, assessment of quality of journals and articles, writing scientific report, structure and component of research report, types of report – technical reports and thesis, SCOPUS Index, citations, search engines beyond google, impact factor, H-Index.
- IPR: What is IPR?, importance of patents, types of IPR, process of patent.
References
- 1 Dawson, Catherine, 2002, Practical Research Methods, New Delhi, UBS Publishers’ Distributors
- 2 Kothari, C.R.,1985, Research Methodology-Methods and Techniques, New Delhi, Wiley Eastern Limited
- 3 Kumar, Ranjit, 2005, Research Methodology-A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners, (2nd.ed), Singapore, Pearson Education
- 4 Neeraj Pandey, Intellectual Property Rights ,1st Edition, PHI
- 5 Shrivastava, Shenoy& Sharma, Quantitative Techniques for Managerial Decisions, Wiley
- 6 Goode W J &Hatt P K, Methods in social research, McGraw Hill
- 7 Basic Computer Science and Communication Engineering – R. Rajaram (SCITECH)
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for P.G. Diploma in Block Chain Technology under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording, unit numbering and lecture allocation are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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