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Research Methodology (DS-801/PPG-801 )

Prerequisites For this Course:

None

Text Book(s):

Following books will be taught for the course.

Policy Research Methods: A Step-by-step Guide from Start to Finish for Students and Practitioners by Faheem Jehangir Khan
Social Research Methods by Alan Bryman
Research Methods in Applied Linguistic: A practical resource by Brian Paltridge and Aek Phakiti
Research for Development: A Practical Guide by Sophie Laws
Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound by Martin W. Bauer and George Gaskell
Social Research by Sotirious Sarantakos
The Practice of Social Research by Earl Babbie

Reference Book(s):

Ethnography Essentials by Julian M. Murchison
Scientific Social Surveys and Research by Pauline V. Young
Qualitative Research Practice by Jane Ritchie and Jane Lewis

Course Description

This course is designed to impart to student’s knowledge on conduits of social research, methodological philosophies, methodological frameworks, and tools and approaches as employed in Development Studies, Public Policy and Management Sciences.

Course Objectives

Clearly articulate what social research is and what philosophical assumptions exist in social research.
Describe what different types of research approaches exist in social research; qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method.
Explain what different types of qualitative data are.
Apply different research designs for different topics of scientific inquiry.
Explain various research methods and instruments which can be of use for students interested in social research.
Enable students to understand what literature review is and its types are and how to construct conceptual framework, both pictographically and textually.
Make students learn about different approaches and types of analysis as used in the qualitative research.
Enable students to understand and write academically.

Learning Outcomes

Understand course contents in the light of the weekly designed modules.
Apply the tools and methods as used in the public policy and development studies to extract, analyze and interpret data.
Apply analytical and policy frameworks used in both disciplines in analyzing development and policy related concerns, challenges and issues.

Lecture Plan

Session	Topic	Readings	Instructor
1	Research Methods – Orientation Research in Policy and Practice Research Policy Gap Why Research Methods? From Data to Decision	Policy Research Methods: A Step-by-step Guide from Start to Finish for Students and Practitioners	Dr. Faheem Jehangir Khan
2	The Research Process Planning Research Research Design Data Collection Data Analysis Writing, Presenting and Disseminating Research	Policy Research Methods: A Step-by-step Guide from Start to Finish for Students and Practitioners	Dr. Faheem Jehangir Khan
3	Research Methodology Quantitative Qualitative Mixed-methods Case Study Evaluation Research	Policy Research Methods: A Step-by-step Guide from Start to Finish for Students and Practitioners	Dr. Faheem Jehangir Khan
4	Social Research: Philosophy, Context, and Content	Bryman, Alan. (2012). Social Research Methods. (Chapter 1). Paltridge, Brian. and Phakiti, Aek. (2015). Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. (Chapters 3 & 7).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
5	Methodological Frameworks in Development Studies and Public Policy	Laws, Sophie. (2003). Research for Development: A Practical Guide. SAGE.	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
6	Idea Development, Operationalization and Validity & Reliability	Sarantakos, Sotirious. (1993). Social Research. (Chapter 5).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
7	Literature Review, Theory, and Development of Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks	Riggan, Matthew. and M. Ravitch, Sharom. (2011). Reason & Rigor: How Conceptual Frameworks Guide Research. (Chapters 1 & 2).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
8	Fieldwork and Observation: Anthropological and Sociological Approaches	Berg, BL. (2001) Qualitative Research methods for the Social Sciences. (Chapter 6). Bryman, Alan. (2012). Social Research Methods. (Chapters 12 & 19). Bernard H. Russell. (2006). Research methods in anthropology. (Chapters 13 & 15).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
9	Ethics in Social Research	Bryman, Alan. (2012). Social Research Methods. (Chapter 6).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
10	Researcher Positionality and Reflexivity in Qualitative Research	Andrew Gary Darwin Holmes, Researcher positionality, 2020. Excerpts from Sealing Cheng’s and Rosita Armytage’s books. The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods – Reflexivity.	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
11	Sampling & UDCs	Bryman, Alan. (2012). Social Research Methods. (Chapters 8, 18, 23). Sarantakos, Sotirious. (1993). Social Research. (Chapters 6 & 8).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
12	Research Methods: Surveys, Interviews, & Focus Groups	Young, Pauline V. (2003) Scientific social surveys and research. (Chapter 9). Bryman, Alan. (2012). Social Research Methods. (Chapters 9, 11, 20).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
13	Social Mapping, Not-to-scale Maps and Impressionistic Sketches	Participation: Guideline for Community Mapping Activities. Social Mapping as a Tool for Public Participation. (2013).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar
14	Data Analysis	Sarantakos, Sotirious. (1993). Social Research. (Chapters 3, 13, 14). Bryman, Alan. (2012). Social Research Methods. (Chapters 22 & 24).	Dr. Fahd Zulfiqar

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