Sharang, Stephen Sunday, PH D

Research Methodology Techniques: Understanding How to Write, Present and Defend Any Research Report Sharang, Stephen Sunday, PH D

It is often the case that students and those required to produce reports on the research they have carried out at the end of their studies find this task daunting as they often lack the know-how or the technique required to bring about a successful outcome of this venture. It is for these categories of students, writers, etc. as well as for ALL Postgraduate, Undergraduate Students, Research Officers in Public and Private Institutions who are required to produce Research papers, thesis, and dissertations etc. that this book "Research methodology techniques: Understanding how to write, present and defend ANY research report, has been written. Inscribed in a forthright and easy to read and understand manner, the book will help (you) the reader learn about: ?The Structure or Format of Research Reports?Writing the background of the study in a research paper?6 ways of developing a research question?How to Identify Strong and Weak Objectives in Research Proposal Samples?Types of Research; Dependent and Independent Variables; Scope and justification of the Study?How to write a Hypothesis?Conceptual clarification; Writing Theoretical Framework Correctly?Step by Step Guide on How to Make the Conceptual Framework?Understanding Scaling Techniques?Population and sampling; Validity; Data Collection?How to present and analyse the different types of data?Measures of Central Tendency- Relation between Mean, Median and Mode?Short Method to Calculate Variance and Standard Deviation?Hypothesis testing?Decision Errors; Critical values; T-test; Z test?Chi-Square & ANOVA Tests?The Components of Chapter 5 - summary, discussion and recommendation?How to present a research paper using PowerPoint?Multiple choice questions and answers and much more...... The author guarantees that the reader is bound to experience a fresh perspective to this all important subject as he peruses the pages of this book with the desire for a deeper knowledge of Research methodology techniques and to gain an excellent understanding on how to write, present and defend ANY research report he may be called upon to produce.