CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
COURSE PLAN – NOVEMBER 2008 – MARCH ‘09
Semester : IVth Semester
Subject : Research Methodology
Total No. of Hours (as per academic) :60
Research Methodology by O.R. Krishnaswamy
(b) Research Methodology by P. Saravnavel
(c) Research Methodology by C.K.Kothari
(d) Research Methodology by D.K. Bhattacharya
(e) Research Methodology by Jayaprakash Reddy

No of hours Expected date

Unit Topic Break up & Coverage
required of completion
I Nature of Social And Business Research:
1 hour
Meaning and definition of research
10th Nov – 18th Nov
Objectives, assumptions 1 hour
Deductive and inductive methods 1 hour
Significance and difficulties of Social 2 hour
research.
Research and business decisions 1 hour
(6 hours)
II Methods and Techniques of Research
Classification of research
2 hours
Methods and techniques of research 2 hours 19th Nov – 25thNOV
The case study, survey research, Inter 2 hours
Disciplinary Research and its essentials.
( 6 hours)
III Problem, Awareness and Selection
Steps involved for selection of a topic for
2 hours
research study
26th Nov – 10th Dec
components of research problem 2 hours
Definition of Problem, Evaluation of 2 hour
Problem
Preliminary survey of literature for topic 2 hour
selected review of relevant literature, (8 hours)
sources of literature Note Taking
IV Research Design:
Research Design: - Meaning, definition
1 hour
11th Dec – 15th Dec
factors of Research Design 1 hour
Evaluation of Research Design and steps 2 hours
(4 hours)
V Sampling and Sample Design 1 hour
Meaning of Sample, Sampling Process
Principles Essentials 1 hour
Methods, Random and Non random 2 hours 16th Dec - 10th Jan
Sampling
 Sampling and Non Sampling Errors 2 hours
(6 hours)
VI Methods of Data Collection 3 hours
Primary data, Public documents, Sources of
data, secondary data, ,
Observation, experimentation, Interviewing, 2 hours 12th Jan—25TH JAN
panel method
Mail survey, simulations 2 hours
(7 hours)
VII Tools for Data Collection 1 hour
Schedule Meaning, Purpose, type
format and layout, steps of framing a 2 hours
schedule
Questionnaire – Guidelines, contents, forms 3 hours 27TH JAN –10TH FEB
of questionnaire, physical appearance,
advantages, and limitations
Guidelines for a good interview, visual aids 2 hours
in an interview, limitations of interview (8 hours)
techniques
VIII Processing, Analysis and Interpretation 2 hours
of Data
Steps in data processing, editing, coding
classification, transcription 2 hours
Analysis of data, interpretation 2 hours 11TH FEB –25TH FEB
Exposure to software packages 2 hours
(8 hours)
IX Report Writing 1 hour
Introduction, types of report
planning of report-writing 1 hour
format of research report 1 hour 25TH FEB –14TH MAR
Documentation: Foot notes and 2 hours
Bibliography
Briefing, Evaluation of report-writing 2 hours
(7 hours)

EVALUATION

CIA 1 Mid semester Examination January 2009

CIA 2 Quiz / Objective type test
December 2008
CIA 3 Group Assignments (10 marks)
Presentation (5 marks) March 2009
VIVA (5 marks)