VIVEKANANDHA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN (Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai) Elayampalayam, Tiruchengode — 637 205 Programme | MLE. Programme Code | 202 Regulation POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING / Department | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS Semester Tr ENGINEERING . Periods Per) Credit Maximum Marks ‘Course Code Course Name Week L[T| P| ¢ | A [ESE] Toml ‘Research Methodology 3}olol 3 30 | 50 100 and Data Analysis Course @ To understand the importance of Research © Toccquize knowledge in Data Collection and Analysis of Data Objective ¢ To effectively write reports Unit —T Introduction to Research Periods 09 Nature, scope, and design of social research: Review of literature: qualitative (literary), quantitative (meta- analysis) Unit—__ | Hypothesis Petiods o Hypothesis: sources, types and characiaistics; Sample survey: sample aud census survey, } probability and mixed sampling. probability, non Unit — 1 Data Collection Periods 09 Methods of data collection: historical method, case study, observation, ethnographic metl questionmire, pilot survey: Scali collection: sources, sample criteria, characteristics; focus group discussion, participatory rural appraisal. experimental method. echniques different scales, item analysis, reliability, validity; Method o! thods, interview, pre-testing, and f secondary data Unit-1V Data Analysis Periods 09 Data analysis: descriptive statistics, mean difference test, analysis of variance and experimental design: Bivariate and ‘multivariate correlation and regression; Factor analysis, Cluster analysis, Discriminant analysis, Structural equation modelling, non-paramettic statistics, Content analysis Unit—V__ | Report Writing Periods 9 Report writing: review. qualitative, and empirical article writing. Total Periods 45 REFERENCES 1 C.M.Chaudhary, Research Methodology, RBSA Publishers, Jaipur, India 2009, 2 R Paneerselvamn, Research Methodology, PHI Leaming Pvt Ld. New Delhi 2009. ‘© Can formulate researchable questions Course ¢ Can define a research strategy and design a research project to answer a research Outcome question + Can discuss the practice and principles of qualitative and quantitative social research