10/20/23, 9:32 AM Research Methodology - - Unit 4 - Week 2: Literature Survey, Experimental skills

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Questions 1 to 5 are multiple choice type. Read the questions carefully and select a correct
answer from the choices. Question 6 to 10 are True or False type.
How does an
NPTEL 1) Which of the following is a recommended criterion to pick a reference article 1 point
online for inclusion in a publication?
course
The article is authored by likely reviewers
work? ()
The article is a prior work directly relating to the topic
Week 1: The article is authored by someone well known in that topic
Group The article appeared in a well known journal
Discussion
Yes, the answer is correct.
on Research Score: 1
() Accepted Answers:
The article is a prior work directly relating to the topic
Week 1:
Overview of 2) Which of the following indices is considered as a measure of the impact of a 1 point
Research () particular article in its area of specialization?

Number of likes
Week 2:
Literature Number of views
Survey, Number of downloads
Experimental
Number of articles referring to it
skills ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Overview of Score: 1
Literature Accepted Answers:
Survey (unit? Number of articles referring to it

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unit=24&lesso 3) Which of the following bibliographic details is necessary to retrieve all other 1 point
n=25) details of a digitally published article?
Literature ISSN
Survey using
ISBN
WebofScience
(unit? DOI
unit=24&lesso URL
n=26)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Literature Score: 1
Survey using Accepted Answers:
Scopus (unit? DOI
unit=24&lesso
n=27) 4) Consider that you have collected the following resources towards your 1 point
research: (1) A book published recently without an ISBN (2) An article in an
Writing Up archival journal that you just read (3) A copy of proceedings of a conference with an ISSN
(unit? number (4) A journal article recently submitted, archived on arXiv.org, yet to be accepted.
unit=24&lesso Which of the following can be considered as valid references for inclusion in a publication?
n=28)
All four of them
Tutorial on
Only 1, 2 and 3
using BibTeX
with LaTeX to Only 2, 3 and 4
add references Only 1, 3 and 4
to a document
(unit? Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
unit=24&lesso
n=29)
Accepted Answers:
Only 2, 3 and 4
Tutorial on
using 5) You have read a white paper published by an organization in their website and 1 point
Microsoft Word would like to refer to it in a journal article you are writing. Which of the
with following describes an acceptable way to refer?
Bibliographic
Sources (unit?
Author, title of the article, organization
unit=24&lesso Author, title of the article, website containing the article, last accessed date
n=30)
Title of the article, organization, website
Tutorial on Author, title of the article, website of the organization
using
Yes, the answer is correct.
Microsoft Word
Score: 1
with endnote
Accepted Answers:
entries (unit?
Author, title of the article, website containing the article, last accessed date
unit=24&lesso
n=31)
6) Gloves of any kind are safe for handling hot samples. 1 point
Demo video
on how to True
submit the False
assignment
summary
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
writing (unit?
Accepted Answers:
unit=24&lesso
False
n=32)

Demo video 7) In a tube furnace, with flowing gas, different locations can have different 1 point
for submitting temperatures.
and peer
reviewing

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assignment 1_ True
summary
writing (unit?
False
unit=24&lesso Yes, the answer is correct.
n=33) Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Experimental
True
skills (unit?
unit=24&lesso 8) Any glass covering the eyes, can be considered as providing eye safety 1 point
n=34)
True
Literature
Survey from
False
Home (unit? Yes, the answer is correct.
unit=24&lesso Score: 1
n=35) Accepted Answers:
False
Quiz: Week 2:
Assignment 2
(assessment? 9) In a well designed experiment, there will be no errors, and it will be 1 point
name=135) possible to reproduce each data point value without error, indefinitely.
Week 2 True
Feedback False
Form:
Research Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Methodology
(unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=24&lesso False
n=36)
10) Only hot objects such as a furnace, are dangerous. Cold items such as 1 point
Week 3 - liquid nitrogen are not dangerous
Data
analysis and True
Modelling False
skills ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 4: Accepted Answers:
Technical False
presentation
and writing ()

Week 5:
Creativity in
research ()

Week 6-
Intellectual
property ()

Week 7-
Design of
Experiments
()

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Week 8-
Department
specific
discussions
()

Text
Transcripts ()

Books ()

Download
Videos ()

Problem
Solving
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August 2023
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