Research:Meaning,Definition,Methodology,research processes,criteria of good research.
▪ Types of research: Fundamental or basic, applied, Historical, descriptive, analytical, qualitative, quantitative, experimental, conceptual, case study.
▪ Research design: Meaning, concepts, need, designs for different types of research.
▪ Research problem and developing research proposal: Selection of research area and topic, statement of the research problem ,its scope ,steps involved in defining the problem.
▪ Literature search: reviewing related literature, referencing, abstracting, computer search, bibliography, evaluation of the problem.
▪ Defining concepts: objectives, basic assumptions delimitations and limitations of the problem, statement of hypothesis.