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SE -898 Research Methodologies
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Campus
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MCS
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Programs
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PG
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Session
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Spring Semester 2017
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Course Title
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Research Methodologies
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Course Code
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SE -898
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Credit Hours
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3+0
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Pre-Requisutes
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nil
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Course Objectives
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This course introduces students to different research methods, tools and techniques related to the domain of computing and information systems. Students will also learn about different philosophical perspectives of research in this domain.
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Detail Content
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Research Process
Introduction, purpose and product of research, different models of research process
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Research Ethics
Participants rights, responsibilities of an ethical researcher, evaluating research ethics, internet research and ethics
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Research strategies
Literature review, surveys, design and creation, experiments, case studies, action research, Ethnography
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4
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Data generation methods
Interviews, observation, questionnaires, documentation
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5
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Qualitative data analysis
Textual data analysis, grounded theory, computer-aided qualitative analysis, evaluating qualitative data analysis
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6
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Quantitative data analysis
Defining quantitative data, data coding, statistics for quantitative data analysis, interpretation of data analysis results, evaluating quantitative data analysis
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7
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Philosophical paradigms
Positivism, interpretivism, critical research, research strategies and philosophical paradigms
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Text/Ref Books
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TextBook:
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- “Researching Information Systems and Computing” by Brony J. Oates, SAGE Publications
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Reference:
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- Relevant research papers.
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Time Schedule
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Spring Semester 2015
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Faculty/Resource Person
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A/P Dr Hammad Afzal
University of Manchester UK
Discipline: Computer Science
Specialization: Informatics, Text Mining
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