Research Methodology By Kothari 4th Edition

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ResearchMethodology: Techniques and Trends focuses on both undergraduate and post graduate courses; and it helps readers understand the basic concepts and the application of results directly to real life business, industry and research organizations.

This is a textbook on research methodology for doctoral and post-doctoral programs; post graduate courses such as MSc, MBA, MCA, MS, etc., to name a few. Though the book is primarily addressed to students, it is equally useful to researchers and entrepreneurs as well.

This document discusses research methodology and provides an introduction to research. It defines research as a systematic investigation aimed at discovering and interpreting facts. The objectives of research are to gain new insights and accurate descriptions of phenomena, determine frequencies of occurrences, and test hypotheses about causal relationships between variables. Researchers are motivated to undertake research for reasons such as obtaining a research degree, facing challenges in solving unsolved problems, and addressing practical concerns. The document outlines the research process and emphasizes the importance of conducting research systematically and objectively.Read less

Shamini Kothari is a PhD student in Comparative Literary Studies. They are interested in the intersections between identity, affect and visual-literary culture. Their focus lies in questions surrounding power, caste and sexuality through the sensory in popular culture. Shamini holds a Masters in Sexual Dissidence from University of Sussex and had four years of teaching experience at Ashoka University with courses ranging from 'Family and Kinship', 'Intimacy and Image' and 'Food in Literature and Cinema.' She is also the co-founder and former member of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's queer-support group called 'Queerabad'. She has previously presented at various conferences including the Queer Asia conference at SOAS with a paper on the visual politics of graphic novels in India and at the Excess: Critical Femininities conference at York U. on ambivalent femininities and their negotiation in Indian Cinema. Their aim at Northwestern continues to be to learn across media and engage with these questions through a grounded, context sensitive research methodology that hopefully trouble fixed frameworks of gender and sexuality in South Asia at large.

This latest Multicolour Edition of the book is intended to serve as a textbook for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It provides the basic and advanced level discussion on research methodology for researchers in Social Science and others areas. This is our best selling book worldwide on Research Methodology since 1985.

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