TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kothari, C.R.
TI  - Research Methodology
SN  - 978812243623
U1  - 300.1 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - New Age India Private Limited
N1  - Chapter-1: Research Methodology: An Introduction;
Chapter-2: Defining the research problem;
Chapter-3: Research design;
Chapter-4: Design of sample surveys;
Chapter-5:Measurement and scaling;
Chapter-6: Data collection;
Chapter-7: Data preparation;
Chapter-8: Descriptive statistics;
Chapter-9: Sampling and statistical inference;
Chapter-10: Testing of hypothesis;
Chapter-11: Chi-square tests;
Chapter-12: Analysis of variance;
Chapter-13: Other non-parametric methods;
Chapter-14: Linear regression analysis;
Chapter-15: Factor analysis;
Chapter-16: Discriminant analysis;
Chapter-17: Cluster analysis;
Chapter-18: Other multivariate techniques;
Chapter-19: Interpretation and report writing

N2  - This third edition has been made more structured to make the learning more systematic. More details are added to old chapters and some new chapters are also added keeping in mind the need of advanced data analysis in social science research. The usage of popular statistical package SPSS has also been shown through many examples.
It is important to adopt an appropriate methodology in quality research. The present book provides the basic and advance level discussion on research methodology so that the researchers may become familiar with the art of using research methods and techniques
ER  -