Research Methods &Advanced Statistics

This course provides the students with the basic concept and nature of research and gives them a clear understanding of research philosophies and approaches. It provides methodologies for formulating the research problems, constructing hypotheses, conceptualizing the research design, checking the validity and reliability of the research instrument and collecting data for analyses. Statistical tools are discussed these include: probability theory, random variables and their distributions, hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, statistical modeling and linear and non-linear regression.