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7. What are the practical considerations which a student has to face in the selection
and planning of a research project?
8. Identify the principal components in the progressive formulation of a problem for
research?

9. What are the sources of research problems?

Assignments

1. Identify a problem of your interest and write 10 literature review comprising of
national, and international reviews in that area.

2. Select a research article from your field of interest and analyse its research objec-
tives. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the objectives and propose potential
improvements.
3. Create hypotheses stating the relationship between the amount of time spent study-
ing and academic performance of a student. Design a survey-based research study
to examine the potential correlation between study time and academic achievement.

4. How does technology impact human communication? Conduct a literature review
to explore the existing research on the effects of technology on interpersonal inter-
actions and communication patterns.

References

1. Tandon, B.C; (1979). Research Methodology in Social Sciences. Chaitanya Pub-
lishing House.
2. Chawla, D; and Sondhi, N., (2016). Research Methodology: Concepts and Cases.
Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

3. Kevin, S., (2021). Research Methodology for Social Sciences. Ane Books Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi.

4. Kothari, C. R., (2004). Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Age
International (P) Limited.
5. Krishnaswami, O.R., Ranganathan, M., & Harikumar, P.N. (2016). Research Meth-
odology. Himalaya Publishing House.

6. Panneerselvam, R. (2014) Research Methodology. PHI Learning.

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