Forward this message to remaining participants.

Pages 300 to 309 of Hair's book. The following topics are of interest and are be
ing discussed since last class.
topics:
Types of research (observational studies, experimental design), Types of variabl
es (independent, dependent, control and extraneus), theory and its role in exper
imental design, types of research designs (deductive, inductive), difference bet
ween proposition and hypothesis, causal research design, validity of causal rese
arch design, types of validity (internal, external, construct), threats to valid
ity, threat of demand characteristic, reliability of experimental research desig
n, improving the internal and external validity of experimental research design,
First chapter of book "your research project"-- read it. we will discuss it in n
ext class.
In addition, as you people are not coming to classes at all, therefore, you have
to submit an initial draft of your thesis research proposal which should consis
t of the following.
1- Problem statement, with reason of selecting it
2- Literature review of at least 2 pages to highlight significance of the topi
c along with some background and technical details.
3- Literature review highlighting 2 to 3 approaches to methodology regarding t
o this research area and propose yours.
4- Your proposal should be in IEEE referencing style with support of at least
15 references.
This will be regarded as assignment No. 2 and you have to submit it in coming we
ek.
Regards
Naveed