Research

Methodology
MCT-500
LECTURE 3
(18-02-2016)
Dr. Ummul Baneen
 Revision
• What is Research Methodology? Literature Review
• Why studying research • Structuring the literature review
methodology is important?
• Discussing and evaluating the
• How to start your research? literature review
• Framing a research proposal • Article critique
• Research Overview Coversheet • Critical reading
• Questions to ask when to evaluate
academic text
• Completed Tasks (in 3 weeks):
1. Research overview coversheet
• Effective note-taking from
written text
2. 3 Article critiques
 Today’s Task

• Individual feedback on your assignments.

• Reading some research proposals
• Reading some research papers
• Reading some reviews from best journal papers
• Reading reviews from examiners of some best PhD
theses.
• Some class activities
 Assignment Submission
03 Article Critiques
In the next class please bring the page ‘Questions to ask when
evaluating an academic text’
Class Activity - Read each other’s article critique and comment on each
part.

• Bibliographic citation –author’s name, title, name of journal, publisher, volume, page number,
year
• Choi, F.C., J. Li, et al. (2008), “Application of the modified damage index method to timber beam”,
Engineering Structures, 30 (4): 1124-1145.
• Introduction
• Aim of the article
• How this paper links to your research
• Body of critique
• A summary of the content and organisation of the article
• 2 to 4 positive and/or negative aspects about the article
• Conclusion
• Your evaluation of the article
• The contribution that the article makes to the research field
• How the paper is worthwhile to your research needs
 Task 3 – Literature Review
Submission on 03-03-2016
Write a comprehensive literature review summarising and analysing
your article critiques and ADD 10+ relevant research papers.
• You also need to mention star rating of each paper at the end of literature
review
• The literature review must clearly indicate the limitations / gap, on which your
work will be based.
• You can consult good research papers as guidance for this task.
For Mid-term Evaluation, you are
required to submit a complete
camera-ready research proposal
Due Date: 21 March, 2016 (Week 8)