TY - BOOK AU - Sultan, Rajiya. TI - Research methods: research design and methods SN - 9789387537743 U1 - Cir./0001.4/Su954/2023 PY - 2023/// CY - New Delhi PB - Crescent Publishing Corporation KW - Research N1 - includes references; Research methods.-- Nature of social research.-- Nature of science and scientific method.-- Basic elements of research.-- Hypothesis testing.-- Research design: definition, contents and types.-- Survey research and case study method.-- Sampling : concept and types.-- Methods of data collection : documents, observation, interview and questionnaire.-- Processing of data-editing, coding, classification and tabulation.-- Graphic representation: graphs of time series and graphs of frequency distributions.-- Measures of central tendency.-- Correlation analysis : linear and rank correlation.-- Measures of dispersion: meaning, objects and methods.-- Report writing: content &*style of report writing ER -