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Campus
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SCEE (IGIS)
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Summer Semester 2016
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Course Title
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Research Methods
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Course Code
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GIS-881
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Credit Hours
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3 (3+0)
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Pre-Requisutes
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Course Objectives
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The main objective of this course is to:
- Develop/enhance student’s capability to conduct and complete their research work effectively.
- Introduce the research methods and techniques which advances the GIS and remote sensing applications
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Detail Content
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- PART I: GENERAL
- Research Process: Formulating the research problem, literature survey, developing the hypothesis, preparing the research design, data collection and data analysis, generalization and interpretation, vriables, types of variables, data collection in physical, observation, questionnaires, interviewing forms.
- Basic vs. Applied Research:
- MS Thesis:How to select a topic; Writing a thesis research proposal, Thesis Write up; Thesis Chapters; How to Cite References; Reference Management Software Programs, Software in the Market i.e. EndNote, ProCite and Reference Manager; Database development.
- Project Proposal: Parts of a Project Proposal; Funding Agencies in Pakistan.
- Research Paper: Parts of a research paper; Process of Submission; Peer Review Concept; Impact and Non-Impact Factor Journals.
- Research Ethics: Research Ethics in general; Research Ethics in Applied Research
- PART II: APPLIED STATISTICS
- Basic Theory of Statistics
- Sampling
- Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
- Single Sample Test of Hypothesis
- Test of Hypothesis about Population Mean (Sigma Known)-Z Test
- Test of Hypothesis about Pop. Mean (Sigma Unknown)-Z Test
- Analysis of Variance
- Correlation
- Simple Regression
- Multiple Regression
- Excel/SPSS Demonstration
- Analytical techniques in Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis
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Text/Ref Books
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- Kothari, C. R. 2004. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques, New Age International (P) Limited.
- Kumar, R. 2005. Research Methodology: A Step By Step Guide For Beginners, 2/E, Pearson Education.
- David E. G. 2004. Doing Research in the Real World, SAGE Publication, London.
- Wenzhong Shi, Peter F. Fisher and Michael F. Goodchild. 2002. Spatial Data Quality, Taylor & Frances, New York.
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Time Schedule
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Summer Semester 2014
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Faculty/Resource Person
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Dr Javed Iqbal
PhD (Mississippi State University) USA
Discipline: GIS and RS
Specialization: GIS and RS Application in Natural Resource Management
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