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CONTENTS<br/>PREFACE<br/>Contents<br/>PART1-MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH<br/>1. Meaning and Nature of Research (Definition, Objectives and Types)<br/>2. Foundations of Scientific Behavioural Research (Meaning, Thinking and Scientific Research)<br/>PART II BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH PROCESS<br/>3. Identification of Research Problem (Selection, Defining and Delimiting)<br/>4. Research Hypothesis (Meaning, Variables and Role)<br/>5. Research Design and Sample (Meaning, Types and Uses)<br/>6. Survey Method (Meaning, Types and Appraisal)<br/>7. Experimental Method (Definition, Classification and Appraisal)<br/>8. Designs of Experiments (Meaning, Types and Application)<br/>9. Ex-post-Facto Research (Meaning, Types and Content Analysis)<br/>PART III-THEORY OF MEASUREMENT<br/>10. Need of Measurement (Meaning of data, Variate, Type of data)<br/>11. Essentials of Measurement (Concepts. Functions and Problem)<br/>12. Construction of Tests (Achievement, Aptitude and Intelligence)<br/>13. Item Analysis (Meaning, Characteristics and Procedure)<br/>14. Reliability (Concept, Methods and Factors)<br/>15. Validity (Concept, Types and Methods)<br/>16. Norms and Standardization (Meaning, Types and Procedures)<br/>PART IV TOOLS OF MEASUREMENT<br/>17. Achievement and Diagnostic Tests (Meaning, Nature and Tests)<br/>18. Measurement of Intelligence (Need, Procedure and Application)<br/>19. Measurement of Aptitude and Creativity (Meaning, Types of test and Application)<br/>20. Measurement of Personality and Adjustment. (Dimensions, Tools and Uses)<br/>PART V STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (Parametric Statistics)<br/>21. Need of Statistical Analysis (Need, Techniques and Uses)<br/>22. Normal Probability Curve (Meaning, Characteristics and Applications)<br/>23. Significance of Statistics (Reliability of Mean and other Statistics)<br/>24. Significance of Difference between Statistics ('distribution, t-test and Z-test)<br/>25. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) (F-Test, One Way Classification)<br/>26. Two Ways Analysis Variance (Main effects and Interaction effects)<br/>27. Analysis Co-Variance (Correlated Variance)<br/>PART VI-TECHNIQUES OF CORRELATION (Linear Correlation)<br/>28. Pearson's Correlation Methods (Linear Correlation)<br/>29. Prediction and Regression (Linear Regression and Prediction)<br/>30. Partial and Multiple Correlation (Multi-variate Analysis)<br/>31. Factor Analysis (Method and Application)<br/>PART VII- NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS<br/>32. Other Methods of Correlation (Rank, Biserial, Phi and Contigency)<br/>33. Non-Parametric Tests (Free Distribution Techniques and Tests)<br/>34. Analysis of Frequencies (Using Chi-Square <br/>PART VIII GENERALIZATIONS OF RESEARCH<br/>35. Conclusions and Generalizations (Need, Validity and Suggestions)<br/>36. Behavioural Research Report (Need, Format and Evaluation)<br/>37. Terms and Concepts used in Behavioural Research<br/> |
