Week 11: Research Process
Research process in social sciences contains a series of closely related activities which has to be carried out by a researcher. Media and Communication research, like other social science resaerch consists of several stages. The researcher must first choose a topic to investigate and then become familiar with prior research on the topic. Once appropriate data are gathered and analyzed, the researcher can then draw appropriate conclusions. This lesson describes various stages of the research process described by Wimmer and Dominick (2011) and discusses in detail the three steps including selection of problem; literature review; and statement of hypothesis and research question.
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Course Material
- Week 2: Scientific Method
- Week 3: Basic Concepts
- Week 4: Types of Research
- Week 5 : Types of Research
- Week 6: Research Methodologies
- week 7: Qualitative Research
- Week 8: sampling
- week 9: Measurement
- Week 10: Scales
- Week 11: Research Process
- Week 12: Research Process
- Week 13: Methods of Data Collection
- Week 14: Survey
- Week 15: Questionnaire Construction
- Week 1: Development of Mass Media Research
- Week 16: Ethics in Social Science Research
- Chapters 16
- Department Communication and Media Studies
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Noman Yaser Qureshi
