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050 4 _aLB2386 .K85 2017
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100 1 _aKumar, Dinesh.
245 1 0 _aResearch Methods for Successful PhD.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aMilton :
_bRiver Publishers,
_c2017.
264 4 _c©2017.
300 _a1 online resource (192 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aCover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Abstract -- 1: What Is Research? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Research and Development: What Is the Difference? -- 1.3 Research, Development and PhD Students -- Tasks -- 2: Why Are We Researchers? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 What Is the Aim of PhD? -- 2.3 University and Their PhD Students -- 2.4 Causes of Stress for the Candidates -- 2.5 Shortcomings of Output Focused PhD -- 2.6 Managing the Short-Term Demands -- Tasks -- 3: Attributes of a Researcher -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Knowledge and Creativity -- 3.2.1 Researcher Attribute - Knowledge -- 3.2.1.1 Ideas vs. Literature Review -- 3.2.1.2 Literature Review: Attention to Detail -- 3.2.2 Researcher Attributes: Creativity -- 3.2.2.1 Fostering Creativity -- 3.3 Research Attributes: Resilient and Self-Confident -- 3.3.1 Supporting to Develop Self-Confidence -- 3.4 Research Attributes: Planning and Discipline -- 3.4.1 Time Management -- 3.5 Researcher Attribute: Flexibility -- 3.6 Researcher Attributes: Communication -- 3.6.1 What Is Communication? -- 3.6.2 Clarity of the Message -- 3.6.3 Ability to Listen -- 3.7 Research Attributes: Partnership and Networking -- 3.7.1 Networking with Other Researchers -- 3.7.2 Partnership with Industry and External Agencies -- Tasks -- 4: The Supervisor and the Supervised -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Student and Supervisor -- 4.2.1 Supervisor and the Student -- Reality Check -- 4.2.2 An Ideal Supervisor -- 4.2.3 An Ideal Student -- 4.2.4 The Real Situation -- 4.2.5 The Real Supervisor -- 4.2.5.1 The Supervisor Does Not Appear to Have the Time for the Student or the Project -- 4.2.5.1.1 Suggestions to the Student -- 4.2.5.2 The Supervisor Appears to Be Unreasonable in the Expectations of the Student.
505 8 _a4.2.5.3 Supervisor Does Not Appear to Have the Knowledge of the Topic -- 4.2.5.4 Supervisor Does Not Appear to Be Interested in the Student, the Topic or the Outcomes -- 4.2.5.5 Supervisor Makes Personal Remarks or Invitations -- 4.2.5.6 Romantic Liaison -- 4.2.5.7 Supervisor Personality Type -- Lacks Emotions or Is Too Emotional -- 4.2.5.8 Personality Clash -- 4.2.6 Real Research Student -- 4.2.6.1 Transition from Undergraduate to Post-Graduate -- 4.2.6.1.1 Change of Expectations -- 4.3 Selection of the Supervisor and Student -- 4.3.1 Background of Student -- 4.4 Networking -- 4.4.1 Networking with Other Professors -- 4.4.2 Industry Partnership: Support for Students -- 4.5 Dispute Management and Resolution -- 4.5.1 Causes of Disputes -- 4.5.1.1 Expectations -- 4.5.1.2 Challenge to Research Outcomes -- 4.5.1.3 Personal Beliefs and Desires -- 4.5.2 Resolving and Managing Disputes -- 4.6 Communication - Supervisor and the Supervised -- 4.7 Being Mindful with Supervisor -- Tasks -- 5: Responsibilities of a Researcher -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Accountability -- 5.2.1 What Is the Need? -- 5.2.2 Comparison Between Researchers -- 5.2.3 Challenges in Measuring Research Outcomes -- 5.3 Measuring Research Outcome -- 5.3.1 Some Measures of Research Impact -- 5.4 Need for Peer Review -- 5.5 Publications for Spread and Growth of Knowledge -- 5.5.1 Review Process: Spread of Knowledge -- 5.6 Review Process -- 5.6.1 Managing the Review Process -- 5.7 Summary of Responsibilities of Researchers -- Tasks -- 6: Continuing to Be a Researcher: Motivation Issues for Researchers -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Mid-Candidature Blues -- 6.3 Why Do We Get the Blues? -- 6.4 Motivating a Researcher - Suggestions for the Supervisor -- 6.4.1 Corporate Style Carrot and Stick Approach -- 6.4.2 Accolades and Shaming -- 6.4.3 Finding Motivation Is Personal -- 6.5 How to Motivate Yourself?.
505 8 _a6.5.1 Identifying the Different States -- 6.5.2 Lazy and Confused State: What Happens? -- 6.5.2.1 Lazy and Confused State: What to Do? -- 6.5.3 In the Active State -- 6.5.4 The Creative State -- 6.5.4.1 Stating the Vision -- 6.5.4.2 Planning for the Vision -- 6.5.4.3 Short Term Goals -- 6.6 How to Become Productive? -- Tasks -- 7: Research Proposal -- Task Before You Start This Chapter -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Dynamic Idleness -- 7.1.2 Mid-Candidature Blues -- 7.2 Purpose of Research Proposals -- 7.3 What Is a Research Proposal? -- 7.4 Developing the Research Proposal -- 7.4.1 Title -- 7.4.2 Aim -- 7.4.3 Objective -- 7.4.4 Scope -- 7.4.4.1 Example to Explain Scope -- 7.4.5 Research Questions -- 7.4.5.1 Example of Research Proposal -- 7.4.6 Developing the Hypothesis -- 7.4.6.1 Example for Developing the Hypothesis -- 7.4.7 Developing the Methodology -- 7.4.8 Time Frame -- 7.4.8.1 Project Timeline -- 7.4.8.2 Regularity in Timeline -- 7.4.8.3 Changes to the Timeline -- 7.4.9 Milestones -- Tasks -- 8: Planning the Experiments -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Focus and Scope -- 8.3 Inferential Statistics -- 8.4 Descriptive Statistics -- 8.4.1 Central Tendency -- 8.4.2 Dispersion -- 8.5 Significance -- 8.6 Statistical Hypothesis -- 8.7 Measuring Significance -- 8.7.1 P Value to Test Null Hypothesis -- 8.7.2 What Is Significance Level? -- 8.8 Reproducibility -- 8.9 Types of Statistical Tests -- 8.9.1 Parametric Tests -- 8.9.2 Non-Parametric Tests -- 8.10 Confidence Band, Confidence Intervals and Confidence Levels -- 8.11 Statistical Tests -- 8.11.1 Correlation -- 8.11.2 Regression -- 8.11.3 T-Test -- 8.11.3.1 Unpaired T-Test -- 8.11.3.2 Paired T-Test -- 8.11.4 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) -- 8.12 System Performance Measure -- 8.12.1 Accuracy, Sensitivity and Specificity -- 8.12.2 Confusion Matrix -- 8.12.3 Statistical Power.
505 8 _a8.12.4 Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) Curve -- Tasks -- 9: Communication Skills -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Need to Communicate for Researchers -- 9.3 Essentials for Effective Communication -- 9.4 Developing Oral Communication -- 9.4.1 Planned and Focused -- 9.4.2 Connect with Audience -- 9.5 Presenting to Your Supervisors -- 9.6 Conference Seminar -- 9.6.1 Example for Audience Focus -- 9.7 Listening and Observing -- 9.8 Planning the Presentation -- 9.8.1 How to Start: A Brief to Put in Context -- 9.8.1.1 Example -- 9.8.1.2 Example -- 9.8.2 Content -- 9.8.3 Conclusion -- 9.8.3.1 Facts and Opinion -- 9.9 Style of Communication -- 9.9.1 Aggressive Communication -- 9.9.2 Passive Communication -- 9.9.3 Assertive Communication -- 9.9.4 Examples: Aggressive and Assertive Communication -- 9.10 Written Communication -- 9.10.1 Informal Written Communication -- 9.10.1.1 Writing Emails -- 9.11 Formal Written Communication -- 9.11.1 Structure -- 9.11.2 Style -- 9.11.2.1 Compact -- 9.11.2.2 Formal -- 9.11.2.3 Simple Statements -- 9.11.3 Content -- 9.12 Some Points for Effective Written Communication -- Tasks -- 10: Why Publish? -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Peer Review of Research -- 10.3 Publications for Accountability -- 10.4 Manuscript Submissions as Milestones -- 10.5 Publications for Employability -- 10.6 How to Stand Out of the Crowd? -- 10.7 Benefit to the Society -- 10.8 Measure of Outcomes -- 10.9 Getting the Balance -- Tasks -- 11: How to Publish: Writing Manuscripts -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Target Audience -- 11.3 When to Start the Manuscript? -- 11.4 Develop a Plan -- 11.5 Typical Subheadings of a Paper in Science, Engineering and Health -- 11.6 Starting the Manuscript -- 11.7 The Title -- 11.8 Abstract -- 11.9 Writing the Introduction -- 11.9.1 Introduction - Some Common Mistakes -- 11.10 Theory -- 11.11 Methodology -- 11.12 Data Analysis.
505 8 _a11.13 Discussion -- 11.14 Conclusion -- 11.15 Paper Iterations -- 11.16 List of Authors -- 11.17 What Gets Published? -- 11.18 What Gets Rejected? -- 11.19 Post-Submission of Manuscript -- 11.20 Difference Between Thesis and Manuscript -- 11.21 Review Process -- 11.22 Managing the Review Process -- Tasks -- Appendix -- Index -- About the Author.
520 _aResearch Methods for Successful PhD is written to help the PhD students and other young researchers navigate their path through this phase that will give them a direction and purpose. It is a candid conversation and developed over the experience of supervising 30 research students and publishing 400 papers over 20 years.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aUniversities and colleges-Graduate work.
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