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1. Introduction to LaTex:
Report Writing: report style having chapter, section and subsection, article style
having section, subsection and subsubsection, Automatic generation of table of
contents, toc file to store the information that goes into the table of contents,
Automatic numbering of section numbers
Equations and Numbering Equations: Creating an equation, writing multiple
equations, Aligning multiple equations, creating matrices in Latex, label
command, Cross referencing with ref command
Tables and Figures: Tables and Figures Creating tables and figures in LaTeX
Bibliography: Bibliography Creating Bibliography in LaTeX |
2. Introduction to EndNote, Zotero or Mendeley:
Integration with Word and adding citation and creating bibliographies
Creating your own library
Write an R program to demonstrate the use of:
Creating references manually |
3. Visit the college library or nearby research center or from internet collect 5 tittles
of research papers/thesis and classify them according to types of research,
Discuss how the problems are delineated, how they are relevant to scientific
method etc.
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4. Identify 2 researchable problems relevant to your context and knowledge
disciplines and justify the significance of their study.
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5. Preparation of a review article
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6. Identification of variables of a research study and their classification in terms of
functions and level of measurement
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7. Preparation of a sampling design given the objectives and research
questions/hypotheses of a research study
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8. Preparation of questionnaire for micro-level educational survey.
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9. Prepare 1 proposal on an identified research problem
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10. Checking and removing plagiarism using Plagiarism Detection Software
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