How to choose a Research topic

How to Choose a

Research Topic

?By: Asim Nasar ([email protected]) June 27,2013

Frist – What’s in it for me?

1. Career supportive

2. Workable

3. Manageable

4. Less resources

5. Timely achievable

6. Home based

7. Push the time

8. Blah…blah…blah…

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By: Asim Nasar ([email protected]) June 27,2013

Isn’t it ?

Idea or Problem3


How to find ?

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Learning ?• Get exposure

• Practice the research techniques

• Tacit Knowledge (comparison)

• What’ll be the next step

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Synopsis Writing Practices..!

• Problem selection

• Importance of study

• Proof reading

• Revise, revise and revise

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How to choose Research Methods…

• Basic Interpretive Qualitative Study

• Descriptive analysis (Case study)

• Narrative Analysis

• Critical Qualitative Research

• Experimental

• Meta Analysis

• Observational study

• Empirical Analysis

• Survey

• Focus group discussion

• Observation technique

• Pre and post test analysis

• Many more…

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By: Asim Nasar ([email protected]) July 04,2013

Data important or not ?http://www.gapminder.org/

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http://www.gapminder.org/

Data important or not ?

http://data.un.org/

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http://data.un.org/

Your inputs are…

• Finalize synopsis

• Write LR

• Discuss (questionnaire)

• Data analysis (SPSS,Excel,Eviews,Nvivo,SAS)

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Lets discuss your topic here !

• My topic is…

• My variables are…

• My sector/industry/org. is…

• My timeline…

• My budget…

• My methodology will be…

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By: Asim Nasar ([email protected])

Any Impact ..?

July 06,2013

what’s in it for me…?

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Your learning – Your feedback

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• Sentence length (at least 1.5 lines)

• Technical words (Important = significant, vital, focal, vibrant etc)

• Proof read paragraph (is it make sense or not?)

• Bird’s-eye-view (whole document)

• Keep in mind:– Your research work for others

– Do Less mistakes

– Compare your research work with other published paper

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Your research – Your Strength

Various parts of research are connected

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Topic Problem Statement

TheoryMethod Results Discussion Conclusion

Perspective/implications


Problem statement(s)

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Be prepared for

• To make mistakes and to learn.

• To write and rewrite many times.

• To spend many hours looking for information.

• To have your writing criticized.

• To feel confuse and hopeless some times.

• Do I have the clear research question?

• Have I read broadly and deeply in that area?

• Have I discussed the topic with peers?

• Have I enough time and fund to start?

• Do I feel support from faculty and friends?

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Before start writing ……..


How to do work?

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Practice 1: Review of Literature

https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/2_assessmenttasks/assess_tuts/lit_review_LL/writing.html

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https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/2_assessmenttasks/assess_tuts/lit_review_LL/verbs.html

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Practice 4: Verbs for referencing


https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/2_assessmenttasks/assess_tuts/lit_review_LL/verbs.html

Literature Review Practices: Acknowledgement !

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How to choose a Research topic

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