Fundamentals of Research Kathford Engineering College

Fundamentals of Research

Presenter: Anant Marahatta, Ph.D., P.D.

Date: 2020/06/07

(Organizer: Kathford Engineering College, Kathmandu)

Objective of this Webinar Kathford Engineering College

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 1. Background Kathford Engineering College

What is Research?
Research means to carefully analyze the
problems or to do the detailed study of the
specific problems, by making use of special
scientific methods.

Study implications
The main purpose of the
research is to get deep into
the topic so that something
useful can be investigated.
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 2. Purpose of Research Kathford Engineering College

 To find the casual relationship between the variables.

 To define cause and effect deeply.

 To bring evidences for or against the hypothesis.

 To formulate something scientifically.

 Advancement in Knowledge and discovering theories /models.

 Evaluating social problems, their effects on society and finding out

possible solution.

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3. Components of Research Kathford Engineering College

Industrial Research
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4. Solvable/Researchable problem Kathford Engineering College

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5. Involvement in Research Kathford Engineering College

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Publishing Research Findings

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 6. Where to publish? Kathford Engineering College

Hard copy
Online (most preferable)
(quick dissemination of the
knowledge and investigations)

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7. How to publish? Kathford Engineering College

Publishing Guidelines
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8. Publishing Guidelines Kathford Engineering College

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9. An example: Kathford Journal Guidelines Kathford Engineering College

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10. Manuscript Template Kathford Engineering College

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11. Contd……. Kathford Engineering College

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12. Contd….. Kathford Engineering College

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13. Preparation of Manuscript Kathford Engineering College

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14. Manuscript Outline Kathford Engineering College

Abstract

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 15. Effective Introduction Kathford Engineering College

 Useful phrases: - ‘Recently’; ‘Currently’; ‘Nowadays’ - ‘For the last

decade, As, ‘Since the discovery of…’;

 Although, author have explored issues [a] and [b,] not enough attention has
been provided to the underlying cause of [topic] ’, - little attention has been
paid to…’ - ‘Even though there are various articles ……- However’,
‘Nevertheless’, ‘Nonetheless etc.

 More specifically, we will present the …’

 This is paper is organized as follows: section two explores literature review

of [topic], section three discusses the research design and methodology,
section four presents the empirical analysis and findings, section five offers
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16. Effective Body part Kathford Engineering College

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17. Effective Conclusion part Kathford Engineering College

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18. Editing process Kathford Engineering College

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19. Understanding the referred journal Kathford Engineering College

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What to Avoid? Kathford Engineering College

Research Ethics and Misconduct

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20. Research Misconduct Kathford Engineering College

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21. Avoid Plagiarism Kathford Engineering College

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22. Avoid Falsification Kathford Engineering College

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23. Acknowledgement Kathford Engineering College

Thank you !

Fellow undergraduate Civil Department

students (Kathford)

Electronics and Computer Administration

Department (Kathford) (Kathford)

Any queries are welcome!!

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