METODOLOGI

PENELITIAN
SEMESTER 6
DARI BERBAGAI SUMBER BELAJAR
 Capaian Pembelajaran
1. Mengerti definisi, manfaat, jenis, dan langkah - langkah penelitian

2. Memahami bagaimana menetapkan masalah yang akan dikaji dalam penelitian

3. Memahami bagaimana memilih metodologi penelitian yang tepat untuk mengkaji masalah yang telah ditetapkan

4. Memahami bagaimana melakukan pengumpulan data dengan prosedur dan teknik yang tepat

5. Memahami bagaimana melakukan analisis data menggunakan teknik analisis data yang tepat

6. Memahami bagaimana membuat simpulan yang benar sesuai dengan hasil temuan penelitian

7. Mampu menyusun proposal, laporan penelitian yang dituangkan dalam bentuk laporan skripsi, dan artikel ilmiah
untuk jurnal yang sesuai dengan kaidah penulisan ilmiah
Sumber:
• C. George Thomas: Research Methodology and Scientific Writing (2021)
• Dipankar Deb, Rajeeb Dey, Valentina E. Balas: Engineering Research
Methodology: A Practical Insight for Researchers (2019)
• John W. Creswell & J. David Creswell: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed
Methods Approaches (2018)
• C. R. Kothari: Research Methodology Methods and Techniques (2017)
• David V. Thiel: Research Methods for Engineers (2014)
• Sumber belajar lainnya
Research: The Search for
Knowledge
• Human beings have been curious from the very beginning
• This process of research in search of more and more scientific knowledge is still going on in
all the scientific disciplines
• Knowledge can refer to both theoretical and practical understanding of a subject, which
includes facts, descriptions, information, and skills acquired through experience or learnt
through books or other means. In other words, knowledge can be implicit knowledge as with
practical skills or explicit knowledge as with the theoretical understanding of a subject
• Information is knowledge communicated through any media such as sensible statements,
opinions, facts, concepts, or ideas. Information becomes knowledge only when it is
conceived and understood
Methods of Acquiring Knowledge
1. Method of tenacity
2. Method of authority
3. Method of intuition
4. Method of science
Applied Science, Technology, and
Engineering
 Natural science disciplines are usually described as basic sciences and applied sciences
 The disciplines that come under basic sciences, also called pure sciences, develop knowledge to predict, explain, and
understand various phenomena occurring in the natural world
 On the other hand, applied science disciplines apply knowledge from basic sciences to solve practical issues and
develop applications
 Applied sciences, technology, and engineering are offshoots of science. Applied sciences utilize existing scientific
knowledge and associated applications for specific purposes. However, technology is development or improvement of a
device or appliance using already known principles and methods. Pure sciences help us to understand the world better
through knowledge creation, but applied sciences and technology are for controlling the world and for making it a
better place for human beings
 The term ‘technology’ is generally used to explain new inventions and devices using recently derived scientific
principles and processes. The term ‘engineering’ is a much broader term than ‘technology’. It is used to denote an
activity that applies human qualities such as imagination, critical evaluation, and intellectual thinking to existing human
knowledge bases to create or utilize technology safely and efficiently
Definition “Research”
• Research is a process of creating, or formulating knowledge that does not yet exist
• The literal meaning of ‘research’ is meticulous search. However, in popular usage research is a
systematic search for answering a particular question, solving a problem, or gathering
information
• In academic fields, the term research is used to denote activities such as defining, redefining,
and solving problems; observing facts and their interpretation; formulation of hypotheses and
their testing through experiments; revision of existing theories and laws; and practical
application of information already generated
• Logic, reason, and evidences are essential parts of modern research
Motives for Doing Research
◦ Excitement of discovery
◦ Pursuit of prestige
◦ In depth knowledge on a subject
◦ Service to society
◦ Need for publications
◦ Obtaining a higher degree
◦ Better management
◦ Etc.
Benefits of Conducting Research
• Expanding frontiers of knowledge
• New inventions and discoveries
• Solving problems affecting the society
• Increasing efficiency and reducing costs
• Research strives to make life easier
• Economic growth
• Etc.
Characteristics of Good Research
• Research is based on the work of others
• Research is a blend of logic and imagination
• Research tries to identify and avoid bias
• Repeatability
• Research must be generalisable to other settings
• Research is systematic and structured
• Research generates new questions
• Research is an apolitical activity
Qualities of a Researcher
Scientific attitude: Attitudes are predispositions to react positively or negatively to some object.
Scientific attitude is the attitude of a person to promote the use of scientific approaches and rationales
to react to any object

Research aptitude: Researchers should be inquisitive and curious about things and events around them

Persistence: The traits such as perseverance, patience, tenacity, thoroughness, and determination to
achieve something

Courage to ask questions: Researchers should ask questions about things, which they cannot agree or
do not understand. They should ask ‘what’, ‘how’, ‘when’, and ‘why’; and find answers by critically
observing, experimenting, consulting, discussing, and reasoning
Cont.
• Skepticism
• Objectivity
• Honesty and truthfulness
• Open-mindedness
• Knowledge: Researchers should be proficient in their subject. They should be
willing to collect all the relevant literature connected with the researchable
topic, read them critically, analyze them, and learn them
Engineering Research
• The disciplines of engineering are all described as the applications of science
to realistic systems which benefit humankind
• Engineering research is therefore based on the principles of scientific methods,
in which observations or experiments, theories, calculations and models are
derived from the existing body of scientific knowledge and verified
independtly by others who are experts in the fields
• The research is directed toward the practical application of science to products,
services and infrastucture
Cont.
The reseach must:
• yield practical outcomes
• yield outcomes with benefit humanity
• be ethically based
• consider the environment
 TOPIK SKRIPSI
Input dan output: informasi (teks, audio, video, data)
Analog
Digital
Sistem kompresi (codec)
Enkripsi dekripsi

Proses:
Pemancar/penerima RF
Modulasi demodulasi
Sistem transmisi
 Fiber optic
 RF
oLOS, misalnya antar BTS
oSistem propagasi radio
oRadar dan navigasi
oBandwidth: wideband, narrowband, broadband (spread spectrum)
Cont.
 Sistem penguat/amplifier RF
 Sistem antena
 Sistem aplikasi untuk telekomunikasi
 Mikrokontroler
 Kecerdasan buatan
 Programming
 Sistem jaringan (networking system)
 Sistem seluler
 Sistem telekontrol
Cont.
Sistem telefoni
oSoftswitch
oVOIP
oSS7
Jaringan komputer
oIP
oRouter, bridge, AP
Optimasi jaringan
oWireless
oPenggunaan algoritma
Disain dan implementasi web server yang terintegrasi dengan remote access