ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

PRE Ph.D PAPER 1 – RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
(Syllabus of Pre Ph.D Paper 1 form the academic year 2013-2014)
UNIT-I
Introduction to research methodology: objectives of Research, motivation in Research, types
of Research, Research process and Phases of Research.
UNIT-II
Research Design: Need, Problem Definition, Variables, research design concepts, literature
survey and review, research design process, errors in research.
UNIT-III
Research modeling: types of models, model building and stages, data consideration and
testing, Heuristic and simulation modeling. Simulation: need for simulation, types of simulation.
UNIT-IV
Research publication: thesis, research paper, review article & technical reports. Organization of
thesis and reports, formatting issues, citation methods, references, prevention of review of
literature. Quality indices of research publication, impact factor, immediacy factor, H-index and
other citation indices.
UNIT-V
Research ethics and morals: issues related to plagiarism, collaborative models and ethics,
acknowledgements. Intellectual property rights: copy rights, copy left; patents. Industrial
designs, trademarks.

References:
Graziano, A.M., Raulin, M.L; Research Methods: a process of enquiry, Pearson publications

C.R.Kothari: Research methodology, methods and techniques, 2 edition, viswaprakashan.

Bhandarkar& Wilkinson: Methodology and Techniques of Social Research, Himalaya publications, 2009.

Bell, J. 2005: Doing your Research Project, 4 th edition, Open University Press, Berkshire.

How to write a Thesis:, Murray, R. TATA McGraw-Hill.

Writing for academic journals, Murray, R. 2009 McGraw-Hill International.

A Handbook of Academic writing, Murray, R. & Moore, S. 2006, TATA McGraw-Hill.

Writing for publication, Henson, K.T. 2005

R.Pannerselvan, Research Methodology, PHI.

Ranjith Kumar, Research Methodology: A Step by Step guide for beginners, SAGE Publications Ltd.

Krishna swamy, K., Sivakumar, N., AppaIyer and Mathiranjan, M. 2006, Management Research
Methodology, Integration of principles, methods and Techniques, (Pearson Eduction- New Delhi)
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PART1/PRE Ph.D PAPER I: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Time: 3 Hrs Model Question Paper Max.Marks: 100

Answer Any FIVE questions.

All questions carry equal marks.(5x20=100)

1. a) What is Research methodology? Give a brief account of mathematical tools for the
analysis in research methodology. 10M
b)What are the types of research? Explain them in brief. 10M

2. a) List and explain the steps of research process? 10M

b) Distinguish between modeling research and algorithmic research. 10M

3. a) What is research literature survey and review? Explain in brief. 10M

b) What is research problem identification? Explain research design concepts. 10M

4. a) Explain in detail research design process. 10M

b) Explain in brief errors in research. 10M

5. a) Explain the types of research models with examples. 10M

b) What are the data presentation tools? Explain them in brief. 10M

6. a) Define simulation. Discuss the steps of simulation. 10M

b) What are the types of simulation? Explain them in brief. 10M

7. a) How do you organize a thesis? Explain in detail. 10M

b) Distinguish between review article and a research paper. 10M

8. a) How do you measure the quality indices of research publication? 10M

b) Discuss the difference between references and bibliography. 10M

9. a) What is plagiarism? Explain in detail. 10M

b) Discuss the research ethics and morals. 10M

10. Discuss the intellectual property rights with related to research. 20M