HND Civil Engineering - Level200

Objectives

1. The course content enables students to acquire knowledge and understand: formulation of a research topic;
2. Preparation a research proposal; various research methods.
3. Data collection approaches; data analysis methods and approaches; Technical writing and presentation

Content

Mechanics of Research Methodology: Types of research, Significance of research, Research framework, Case study method, Experimental method, Sources of data, Data collection using questionnaire, Interviewing, and experimentation; Research formulation: Components, selection and formulation of a research problem, Objectives of formulation, and Criteria of a good research problem; Research hypothesis: Criterion for hypothesis construction, Nature of hypothesis, Need for having a working hypothesis, Characteristics and Types of hypothesis, Procedure for hypothesis testing; Sampling Methods: Introduction to various sampling methods and their applications. Data Analysis- Sources of data, Collection of data, Measurement and scaling technique, and Different techniques of Data analysis; Thesis Writing: Writing thesis, Formatting of thesis. Writing journal and conference papers, IEEE and Harvard styles of referencing, Use of referencing software, Effective presentation,  Copyrights, and avoiding plagiarism.