Certificate Course on Research Methodology & Scientific Writing

Course Commencement
Batch Advertisement for next intake Commencement
Batch 1 Last week of November First week of January
Batch 2  Last week of May First week of July
Course Coordinators

Dr. Shantha Wijesinghe
Department of Geography
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

shanthawi@sjp.ac.lk

Mrs. Dileepa Endagama
Department of Decision Sciences
Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce

dileepaendagamage@sjp.ac.lk

Certificate Eligibility Criteria
  • A minimum of 80% attendance is required to be eligible for the certificate. If your attendance falls below 80%, you will not be considered eligible to receive the certificate.
Lecture Plan
  • Introduction to Research
  • Main Research Approaches
  • Research Philosophy
  • The Scientific Method
  • Grounded Theory
  • Reviewing Literature
  • Research Problem Declaration
  • Objective Designing
  • Conceptualization of Research
  • Construction of Hypothesis and Testing
  • Levels of Measurement
  • Sampling Techniques: Quantitative
  • Sampling Techniques: Qualitative
  • Methods of Data Collection
  • Questionnaire Designing
  • Quantitative Data Analysis I
  • Quantitative Data Analysis II
  • Quantitative Data Analysis III
  • Qualitative Data Analysis
  • Case Studies
  • Writing Your Research Proposal
  • In-text Citations and Referencing
  • Documenting Your Research

Duration: 48 hours 

Lectures: Tuesdays & Thursdays (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)

Lecture Mode: Online (Zoom)

Medium of Instruction: English

 

Contact us

Mr. Atheeq: 011 288 1565 (Intercom 1565) / 076 22 42 138

email: rmsw.fgs@sjp.ac.lk