research_method

=**Course Slides for Research Method Course**=

**Course outline for Software Engineering**


 * [[file:behavioural_research_ch_1-6.zip|Lecture Slides Chapter 1-6 Download -2017]]**

Chapter - Qualitative Research Chapter 7 -

- qualitative research method design


 * [[file:Model_Qs.docx|Model questions ]]**

Assignment Scaffolding tools

 * 1) [[file:Proposal Writing.docx|Proposal Writing Template/Guideline]]
 * 2) [[file:reviewform_ajis.doc|Article Review Template]]
 * 3) [[file:The Elements-Proposal.htm|Proposal Guideline]]

=**Articles for Review and Presentation**=


 * [[file:IS-research_method-2017.rar|Articles to be reviewed for methodology]]
 * [[file:IS-articles_2017.rar|IS-Articles to be Reviewed]]
 * [[file:articles-review-2017.rar|SW/Computer Science Articles to be Reviewed]]
 * [[file:sample-power_point.pptx|Sample Power Presentation slides ]]
 * [[file:How-deliver-speech.mp4|How to make a public speech]]
 * **[[file:Assessment_Criteria.docx|Assessment Criteria for presentation and proposal]]**
 * **[[file:student comment on defense.docx|Main issues raised during Masters thesis Defense - An area of weakness for students]]**
 * **[[file:Assessment_Criteria.docx|Assessment Criteria for presentation and proposal]]**
 * **[[file:student comment on defense.docx|Main issues raised during Masters thesis Defense - An area of weakness for students]]**
 * **[[file:student comment on defense.docx|Main issues raised during Masters thesis Defense - An area of weakness for students]]**

Old lecture slides
 * [[file:A1research_introducitonr_2013.pptx|Introduction]] - Research overview
 * [[file:A2-Research Process problem.pptx|Research Design]]
 * [[file:A2Research Problem_2015.pptx|Research problem]] - research problem
 * [[file:A4Literature Review-2015.pptx|Literature review ]]- Techniques for literature review
 * [[file:ethio/A5Quantitative-2015.pptx|Quantitative research method]]
 * [[file:validity-january2013.pdf|Validity and Reliability]]

Recommended research topics but students are free to select other novel research topics

 * 1) Mobile based application for e-learning, banking, etc
 * 2) Improving school and parent interaction through mobile or other technologies
 * 3) Research on knowledge management such as creating ontologies from unstructured documents, developing agents to facilitate web search, etc
 * 4) Developing algorithm or tools English-Amharic translators, amharic dictionary, etc
 * 5) GIS application to estimate population growth,traffic management, etc
 * 6) Data mining for unstructured documents
 * 7) Research on user interface design
 * 8) Research on security
 * 9) etc


 * References**



**Additional Readings**

 * 1) Literature Review[[file:writing literature review.pdf| Example 1]] [[file:CS Report Mobile Agent - model sample 2007.pdf|Example 2]]
 * 2) Research in computer Science -- http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~c603/readings/research-methods.pdf
 * 3) The role of theory and theorizing in design science -- http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.110.2475&rep=rep1&type=pdf
 * 4) Data Analysis -- [[file:dstatistical-analysis-chapter.pdf|Data analysis book chapter]]

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