SYLLABUS- M. COM. PREVIOUS- BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

 SYLLABUS- 

M. COM. PREVIOUS-

BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 



Objective: The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with the process and techniques of conducting research. The course is expected to train the students to plan and execute the research studies in business. 

Contents: 


Unit I:

 Introduction to Business Research: 

Meaning and role of business research;

 Business research and scientific method; Scope of business research; 

An overview; 

Ethics in business research. 



Unit II:

 Problem Specification: 

Management problem specification, Formulating research problem, 

Developing research proposal,  

research objectives,

 research hypotheses, 

information needs; 

Determining research design: 

Explorative research – major techniques and their evaluation; 

Descriptive researches – case study, 

survey method and observation method; 

Quantitative vs qualitative research. 


Unit III: Determining Data Sources: 

Secondary data sources and their usefulness; Primary data collection – Observation and questioning methods; 

Questionnaire preparation; 

Scaling techniques and attitude measurement; Reliability and validity assessment. 


Unit IV: 

Survey Design: Census and survey methods; Designing sample survey – 

Defining universe, 

Determining sampling frame, 

sampling unit, 

sampling method and sample size. 


Unit V: 

Data Collection: 

Organising fieldwork – 

selection, training, 

supervision and evaluation of fieldworkers, 

Survey errors – 

sampling vs. non-sampling errors; 

Types of non-sampling errors and ways to deal with them; 

Data analysis and interpretation: 

Data editing and coding, 

Univariate analysis; 

Bivariate analysis; 

Multivariate data analysis – 

Interdependence and dependence analyses and their basic assumptions.

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