SQQP 3123 - Research Methodology in Quantitative Sciences

Second Semester Session 2023/2024 (A232)

Assignment 1 - Library Search & Journal Reviews

Submission Date: 23 May 2023 (Thursday)

Assignment and Deliverables

This is an Individual Assignment. You are required to find at least 15 article journals. Find the latest article
journals about your research topic (articles which have been published in 2019 or after). The articles MUST refer
to the research topic that you have chosen from the previous research type. You need to review and summarize
them. The summary should cover:

1. Title of the article

2. Year of the published article
3. Authors
4. Journal’s name, volume number, page numbers, and issue number (if any)
5. Abstract and keyword
6. Methodology
7. Main finding/suggestion and future research
8. Remark – your comment about the article, e.g., why the research findings in this article are interesting.

Assignment Format:
Refer to Table 1 in Appendix 1 (please compile into ONE table only).

Submission Format:

1. Submission format: softcopy. As evidence, the summarized table MUST be submitted together with all
journals through Online Learning (in a zipped file)
2. You are required to upload this document into UUM OL (ONE file only).
3. File name should follow this format: A232 SQQP3123 Assignment 1 - <your matric number>.
4. E.g.: A232 SQQP3123 Assignment 1 - 12345

Assessment:

This Assignment carries 40 Marks, which contributes 15% of your overall marks for this course. The evaluation
of this assignment is based on the following rubric.

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 SQQS3123 – RUBRIC: ASSIGNMENT 1 (LITERATURE REVIEW-SUMMARY TABLE)

Student Name: _____________________________ Matric No: _________________

# Items 1:Worst 2:Could be 3:Satisfactory 4:Good work

TOTAL

better
1 Content
-summarized table based on sample (8 columns)

2 Content
-summarized all the items profoundly
3 Content
-Meaningful ‘remark’
4 Referencing Style:
-APA style
5 Referencing Style:
-citations
6 Articles
-15 related articles based on the research topic
7 Articles
-current articles (at least 5 years)
8 Articles
-Good journals
9 Follows ethics and professionalism (MQF 4)
10 On time submission

TOTAL MARKS
40
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 Appendix 1

Table 1: Example of Summarized Table

# Title of article Year Authors Journal’s Abstract & Keywords Methodology Main Finding Remark
name, /suggestion
APA style page & Future Research
Citation numbers,
& Volume
(issues)
1. Rice suitability mapping 2023 N. Global ISSUE: There are potential rice • Quantitative research MAIN FINDING: The
using the analytic hierarchy Robertso Journal of suitability zones beside the existing • Geographical There is 79.15 km2 methodolog
process approach in a river n and B. Environme rice cultivation zone in Imphal-Iril Information System is of the area which y of both
catchment Oinam ntal River catchment. integrated with Analytic can be potentially techniques
Science Hierarchy Process for rice cultivated other is well
and OBJECTIVE: suitability mapping. than the existing explained.
Managem To identify the land suitability agriculture cover.
ent potential zones for rice crop The major patches
cultivation. of such zones are
9(1) found in the north-
IMPLICATIONS: western portion of
141–156 The results of this study can provide the valley region in
vital information to the local the catchment.
farmers to select their pattern of
cropping. FUTURE
RESEARCH:
Style of referencing –APA: Keywords: As this study is
Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP), based on soil,
Robertson, N., & Oinam, B. (2023). Rice suitability mapping
Geographical information system topographic, and
using the analytic hierarchy process approach in
(GIS), Land use- land cover (LULC), climate
a river catchment. Global Journal of Environmental Science
Multi-Criteria decision making, Rice parameters, this
and Management, 9(1), 141-156.
(Oryza Sativa), Suitability analysis study paves a way
https://dx.doi.org/10.22034/GJESM.2023.01.11
for further study
which can be done
Citation: (Robertson & Oinam, 2023)
by incorporating
socio-economic
factors and
irrigation facilities
available at
regional level
which drives the
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 sustainable use of
land resources.