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RESEARCH PROCESS
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OBSERVATION
Broad area of
research interest
identified
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PROBLEM THEORETICAL 5 SCIENTIFIC DATA
DEFINITION FRAMEWORK GENERATION RESEARCH COLLECTION,
Research Variables clearly OF DESIGN ANALYSIS &
problem identified and HYPOTHESES INTERPRETATION
delineated labeled
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DEDUCTION
2 Hypothesis
PRELIMINARY substantiated?
DATA Research questions
GATHERING answered?
Interviewing
literature survey
No Yes
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REPORT REPORT
MANAGERIAL
WRITING RESENTATION
DECISION MAKING
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
Singular Sense
Plural Sense
Data Science
STATISTICAL METHODS
Collection of data
Organization of data
Classification of data
Presentation of data
Analysis of data
Interpretation
Statistics
Describing Making
Data Inferences
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Endogenous Variable
Exogenous Variable
EXAMPLE
Theory
People with higher income buy more
expensive mobiles
Independent variable
Income
Dependent variable
Expenditure on expensive mobiles
TYPES OF DATA
Data
Sources Variables
Nature
Descriptive Statistics
Measures of Dispersion
Measures of Distribution
BIVARIATE STATISTICS
Linear Association
Covariance
Simple Correlation
Simple Regression
MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS
Association
Multiple Regression
Classification
Discriminant Analysis
Structure
Factor Analysis
DECISION MAKING TREE – STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
HAND NOTE FOR MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Multiple Regression
Path Analysis
HAND NOTE FOR MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTIONS
t Test
One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Discriminant Analysis
Logistic Regression
HAND NOTE FOR MAJOR RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
4. STRUCTURE
Factor Analysis