Research for Management

Paper Code: 
MHR 124
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

To enable the students to identify problems for managerial decision making, Design a research, collect data , analyse and write a report.

12.00
Unit I: 

Research: Definition, characteristics, Approaches-Deduction, Induction, Types of Research, Research Process.

Research Design: Meaning, Features of a good research design. Types of Research Design-Exploratory, Descriptive and Experimental studies

12.00
Unit II: 

Measurement scales-Types of scales- Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio scales, Scaling Techniques: Comparative and Non-comparative scaling

Data Collection: Primary and Secondary Data-Methods of collecting data

 

12.00
Unit III: 

Questionnaire design-Objectives, hierarchy of Questions, Process, Lay out, Pilot testing

Sampling design-Meaning of sample and population, Sampling techniques, sample size calculation

Preliminary data analysis- Descriptive statistics

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

Hypothesis testing- process, student’s T test, Z test, Chi Square test, Kolmogorov Smirnov test

Correlation and Regression- Meaning, difference, Assumptions of regression, Regression equation-interpretation and its application

12.00
Unit V: 

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)- One-way and two-way classification.

Report Writing: Importance, Process, qualities of a Research report, Report layout

 

*Case studies related to entire topics are to be taught.

Essential Readings: 
  • H K Dangi, Shruti Dewen, Business Research Methods, Cengage Learning
  • Naresh Malhotra, Marketing R
  • ch, Pearson Education.
  • C.R. Kothari, Research Methodology, New Age Publication.
References: 
  • Levin & Rubin, Statistics for Management, Pearson.
  • G C Beri, Marketing Research, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Cooper & Schindler, Marketing Research, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Anderson, Statistics for Business and Economics, Sweeney and Williams
  • William G Zikmund, Business Research Methods, Cengage learning
  • Sancheti & Kapoor, Statistics:Theory, Methods and Application, Sultan Chand & Sons

 

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