In this course , i have great experience and learnt many things related to research .before starting this course i have no knowledge about APA reference and even did not know how its useful in research but at the end of this course i know everything related reference and how we can use ZOTERO which is my new experience.except that , i got a knowledge about truth ,plagiarism , types of methodologies and how to do a credible approach for research .
I also got the knowledge about how to read a academic paper and how we can check the paper which we selected is valid or not for our research.we also did some activities in this course.i also present presentation in front of the class and tutor which helps me to improve the confidence level.
At the end ,i want to thanks MR. LARS DAM, he is great personality and provide us great knowledge about research. i can say that, this information will help me in project and also in my professional life.
In this blog i try to gives some answers about the ethical behavior which we already discussed in class with students and our teacher Lars .
You find some good images on the web that would look good on your site. You copy and paste them to your blog.
It depend on the copyrights ,if image, which you like is available on web without any copyrights then we can use it. otherwise this is unethical.
You are in a hurry to finish an assignment and you find the perfect explanation of a difficult concept on wikipedia . You decide to copy it into your work.
first thing is that the information which is available on wikipedia is not correct always and some information has without reference .secondly,we cannot copy the content of anyone . this is under plagiarism.if i want to get a knowledge then first of all i will check the reference in wikipedia and after analysis i will use this knowledge into my own words for my assignment. i think this is the ethical way .
You are a medical researcher and you think you have discovered a new drug that cures lung cancer. It worked well on mice although a few of them died of heart problems. You want to test it on people. You recruit 100 lung cancer patients into your treatment programe. You don’t tell them about the new drug. You treat 50 patients with usual drugs and 50 with the new drug to see which is better.
This is unethical ,how i can take the decision of other people life .i think “life is precious”. everyone can take their own decision. if we tell them about the new medicine and handover this right of choice that what they want, this will be ethical approach.
You are doing your PhD about drug abuse among students. You interview 30 students about their drug use. You discover that one of the students is actually a fairly big time dealer and you report him to the police.
I think this is good decision not for me only it also beneficial for our society . individually, its responsibility for all to make our earth drug free and encourage youngsters to avoid drugs .i think this is our moral duty and ethical.
You are a researcher looking at the effect of violent computer games on children. You recruit 20 children into your study. Over a month you regularly show them images of violence to see if it has an adverse effect on their behaviour. One of the children becomes quite distressed each time and so you stop showing her images and drop her from the study.
i think this is moral and ethical approach to drop her from research and i will talk to her parents and inform about this situation and after that i will continue my study on those children’s who are comfortable in this research.
You want to research how easy it is to hack into your organisation’s computer system by persuading people to divulge login and password details. You recruit a small team to ring up key people in the organisation and persuade them to give either their own or their boss’s details.
I think this is unethical and everyone can agree with me because i have no right to see the privacy of the other people and immoral to use the login and password detail.it may be dangerous for organisation and society .
You are doing an initial research in area of a town where may bars and pubs are located, to estimate the level of problematic social behaviour in the area. your research is independent from the police, because you want to observe their behaviour as well. You observe both abusive and violent behaviour.
if i will face this situation in my life first of all, my moral values says that i should control this violent situation and inform to the police if situation become more dangerous . We can research the behavior of the people with ethical way but not with physical force.
I checked my classmate area of interest and every one have their own interest in different-different fields and every one have their own choice but now i am going to discuss about Mahesh area of research .
Topic
The name of the topic is “virtual reality” which is also influence me and very interesting topic he selected .actually this topic is based on emerging technology .
for modern era everything is depend on technology and its growing very fast. virtual reality is one of the technology which can change thinking level in future.
About virtual reality
In simple words, virtual reality means the thing which is not real but with this technology we can feel it as a real .
According to my point of view , he can do this project with his experience and research .
At the end, I can say that he has a nice choice for project.
In this blog i selected one academic paper and i will discuss about this paper and try to compare this with the following questions which are given by our tutor Lars
Did the abstract tell you the three things I said it should?
What seems to be the research question(s) they were trying to answer ?
What methods did they use to answer the question(s)?
How credible do you think the paper is? (hint: look at who authors are and where and when it is published also compare what they were asking with what they did)
Did you agree, or not, with what they wrote in their conclusion? Why?
Briefly describe two things that you learnt from the paper.
In no more than 250 of your own words (i.e. a paraphrase), describe what the paper is about – you could start with “This paper describes……….”
Title -Characterizing residential broadband network
1) – Yes the abstract telling about residential broadband network and author provide a knowledge about measurement of cable and DSL provider in america and Europe and they studied about properties of Broadband network and how residential network works .
2)- in this article they try to solve the questions about delay based congestion and network coordinate system
3) they categorized topics with headings and also using pictures ,flow charts ,line graphs and tables for understanding .in this article they answer the questions related to networking
4) Credibility– according to my point of view it is credible for reading and getting knowledge about Broadband network and their are four authors for this article and it is written in (2007, October) and they used 52 References in their article
5) conclusion -i agree, what they wrote in conclusion because they mention about every thing in this article which they mention in the abstract section and described in detail
6) Learnt – i learnt from this article about how to allocate link bandwidth ? and how link bandwidth react on DSL and cable network .
and i also learnt about what is cable network and what is called DSL network and how its work
7) This paper describe about the broadband networking in Europe and america ,they try to explain about problems which they faced ,definitions ,measurement topology of broadband network .in this article they try to perform some experiments on network like with DSL and cable network and record this data after that they analyse this experiments comparing with each other and gives their own suggestions that which one takes to much time for completing same task and which one is best for particular place .
this is all about broadband networking ,like what is packet latency and what is packet loss and why it happens?
overall ,its good article for networking field students for enhance their knowledge regarding broadband networking .
Reference– Adas, A. (1997). Traffic models in broadband networks. IEEE communications Magazine, 35(7), 82-89.
CASE STUDY Student Studying Hard and Students Learning Education Diverse People Campus
introduction
case study is a popular form of qualitative analysis and complete observation of particular thing .
the case study more emphasis limited number of events or conditions and their interrelation
case study method is focus on individually limited number of events and their interrelation .
this study in depth rather than breath .
How case study work ?
case study work on gathering lot information which comes from several sources like interview ,first hand observation ,survey ,document review .
it work on that information which we collected and after work on that information it reached on conclusion .
there are some elements which are commonly included in case study research :
activities
results
complications
analysis
own views
lessons
How case study research helpful in problem solving ?
case study research helpful for the students, they can act as problem solver and decision makers in real world and business scenario .the case shows the facts about particular organization.
the case study analysis can be divided into following steps :
identify the key issues
specify alternative courses of action
evaluate each course of action
identify important fact related to case
How case study be useful in IT research ?
in order to design case study , its very important to plan and design, how you address the study and it is important that the data which you collected is relevant for the case .in this field their is no any set of rules ,so be careful about the study which you done is focused and concise.
paradigms is set of believe and agreements , with the scientific approach how can solve it and it is work as a guide and helping to make any decision . there are some factors describing in the blog
EPISTEMOLOGY :-it enhancing our knowledge about which method is best for doing any task like -in mathematics if we want to solve any question their are so many ways to solve it but we will choose that one which can save our time and also gives accurate value which is valid.
POSITIVISM:-this is the theory about any thing which is exist it showing the scientific evidence and proof about that thing .for example in computer networking ,we trying to connect to PC with each other, we need a client and server and also their accurate IP address if we want to know about that the connection is done or not ? it gives a evidence through data sharing ,if the the is shared with flow then we can say that the connection is enable .
INTERPRET-ISM:-it describing about individually approach in the world ,like every person has their own ability of thinking , it is possible that their are so many opinions and thoughts comes on single topic or on single thing .this is not showing any scientific evidence .
ANTI-POSITIVISM :-this is oppose to the positivism,and this theory is not based on scientific and legal proof ,it is actually humanistic sociology it emphasize on human and their cultural values .
REALISM:-this is describing about common scene and also depends on situation it emphasis on morality .
NOMINAL-ISM:-it based on the idea which is without any corresponding reality , it work on own reality .
ontology is a analysis of things which is exist or not ,and it is helpful in categories the things that what is real and what is unreal .
it is relevant to research because it deals with what are the fundamental parts of the world ?and How they relate with each other ?
what is epistemology ?How is it relevant to research?
it is the theory of knowledge ,and this knowledge is valuable and valid .epistemology is a part of philosophy .
in research philosophy there are four types of sources ,with the help of this we can make a take a knowledge which is actually true or valid ,and we can reach on right conclusion
1 Intuitive knowledge
2 Authoritarian knowledge
3 logical knowledge
4 Empirical knowledge
what is the connection between ontology and epistemology in a research context ?
ontology is relate with what is real or what is truth and epistemology emphases on gaining knowledge with different methods .
ontology is a reality and it may be a view of point of some one and it will be need for prove for make it true
epistemology is the study that how we can prove the view point .
Research :-research is a way that how to find something which we want .with the help of this we can get a actual knowledge about particular thing and we will take a good decision after researching about various aspects of the thing which we needed.
Do you think you will everneed research skills ?
i think it will be very beneficial for me in my academic as well as in my social life .if i want plan something before that research is must for me .
what do you think a research journal is and who is it written for?
research journal basically a collective form of information for a particular field like in science and mathematics and about social life
what is plagiarism ?
plagiarism is a process in which any person taking the idea of someone and using it for their own interest .
why is it important to avoid it ?
it is very important to avoid it because ,if a person doing this he will not explore our-self and could not generate his own ideas .
RES701,RESEARCH METHOD 