A research is a scientific (systematic) enquiry into a phenomenon. Therefore, to understand research methodology is it important to understand the process of scientific enquiry. The first lecture for both qualitative methods and quantitative methods I start with this lecture. The understanding of the scientific process will also justify the outline of research reports: Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion.
This lecture also introduces the student to some basic terminology which will be further expanded in the subsequent lectures. <<DOWNLOAD SLIDES IN PDF – LECTURE 1>>