how to conduct research

How to conduct Research?•Mahmood Aslam

Two ways of doing thing…Productive Non ProductiveProper PlannedDoing EffectivelyPutting EffortTook it as a challengeTry it in different angle

Took it as formalityDoing it in hassleTrying ShortcutsLack of Vision or

objectives

Do some thing ProductiveDon’t try to get Rid…

Before Starting Your Research…What would be the research topicFrom where to get the dataMethodology to get data

How to find Topic?Search through the search enginesStudy Journal published Articles of relevant

subjectsGo for the latest IssuesDon’t reinvent the wheel

How to collect DataPersonal ExperienceObservationLiteratureQuestionnairesInterviews

Personal ExperienceSelf Experience High ValidityHigh ReliabilityShould not be biased

ObservationWhom to observe MethodOrganizationPolicies & proceduresRulesEmployees

Personal ObservationAppoint a ObserverUse some Technology

LiteratureResearch ArticlesArticles from Magazines, News Papers,

WebsitesBooksCompany’s Records, Resources, archives

QuestionnaireDevelop it by your self or use pre formattedShould be relevantValid and ReliableShould not be time consuming

Pre FormattedMore Reliable and Valid

For example

http://www.isr.unich.eduOrhttp://eee.marchall.usc.edu/ceo

InterviewsMore FlexibleLess time consumingModerate validity and reliabilityCan be biased

Getting Data is not an easy task..Don’t have access to research articlesPeople are not willing to cooperateRelevant people are not availableIrrelevant dataToo much data, Handling ProblemData Interpretation Problem

Don’t LOOSE heart, Try to Manage

Impossible Says!

I am Possible…

AnalysisContent Analysis

Summarizing your findings and interpret these according to your own views.

Statistical Analysis

By Mean, Mode, Median and Standard Deviation

Report your FindingsBe careful regarding references

Never put a word with out reference even figures, tables etc

http://www.computer.org

Use Appropriate Format

Varies from journal to journal, conference to conference

Pay deep attention to formatting

Report your FindingsLanguage

Should appropriate, Simple and understandable

Biased Data

Biased data should not be included to avoid conflict

Avoid to arise conflicts

Make it productiveTry to get it PublishedSearch for conferences

http://www.ieee.org/conferencesearch/Search for call for papers

http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/ieeecs/conferences/cfp.html

Search for Journalshttp://www.computer.org/portal/pages/ieeecs/p

ublications/journals.html

Make it Productive… (cont)Modify your paper according to

journal/conference proceedingsDon’t loose heart if it is not accepted, try to

improve itTry to renew the things and search for the

week points and go for their improvementsDon’t make hasty decision, always go for a

better option

Deadly MistakesCopying of MaterialUnauthenticated MaterialBiased TopicLack of RelevanceLack of ReferencesImproper MethodologyImproper Format

Lessons LearntTake Great care of Valid and Reliable

ResourcePut References according to the format given

by the JournalsDon’t copy any thingPresent it in according to prescribed formatTry to get it publishModify it according to Requirement

Good Luck!&Thanks

Queries!