The quality and productivity of a research work very much depends on the competency of the researchers. Such competency needs to be generated and nurtured properly among the researchers from the very beginning of their research career. This comprehensive book on research methodology discusses in detail how to carry out research studies in various disciplines of behavioural sciences in an organized manner.
The book is meant for the postgraduate students of Education (M.Ed.), Sociology, Psychology and Management. In addition, it will also be useful to research scholars in learning the art of doing qualitative and quantitative research studies in behavioural sciences.
Key Features
• Systematic and logical organization of the subject matter providing step-by-step description of the research methodology for conducting research studies.
• Extensively illustrated with working examples, diagrams and tables.
• A comprehensive description of the essential data collection tools employed in quantitative and qualitative research studies, along with their proper construction, standardization and validation.
• Complete and workable description of the techniques and methods of data analysis used in quantitative and qualitative research studies.
• A complete chapter devoted to the use of computer technology for the execution of the quantitative and qualitative research studies.About the Author
S.K. Mangal, Ph.D., formerly Principal, Professor and Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies, C.R. College of Education, Rohtak (Haryana), has been a distinguished teacher, administrator and researcher. He has devised certain Educational and Psychological tests like Teacher Adjustment Inventory and Emotional Intelligence Inventory and has been a regular contributor of research articles in reputed journals. He has to his credit a number of popular books including Advanced Educational Psychology, 2nd ed., Statistics in Psychology and Education, 2nd ed., Educating Exceptional Children, Essentials of Educational Psychology and Essential of Educational Technology (all published by PHI Learning, Delhi).
|Shubhra Mangal, Ph.D., is Dean, Professor and Head, School of Education, Lingaya’s University, Faridabad. Earlier, she was Principal, Professor and Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies, C.R.S. College of Education, Noida. She has devised an Emotional Intelligence Inventory for the measurement of emotional intelligence of school teachers. She has written a number of books in the field of Educational Psychology, Educational Technology, Teacher Education and Methodology of Teaching Physical and Life Sciences. The areas of her research interest are Emotional Intelligence and Teacher Education.
