Can you provide me the syllabus on which the question paper of M.A./M.Sc.(Home Science) (Food and Nutrition) of MGKVP or Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University is based?

The syllabus on which the question paper of M.A./M.Sc.(Home Science) (Food and Nutrition) of MGKVP or Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University is based is as follows:

FIRST SEMESTER: PAPER-I
HS101: RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS

Unit-I
1. Science, scientific methods, scientific approach.
2. Role of statistics and research in Home Science discipline.
Objectives of research: Explanation, control and prediction.
3. Types of Research: Historical, descriptive, experimental, case study, social research,
participatory research.
Unit-II
4. Definition and Identification of a Research Problem
- Selection of research problem
- Justification
- Theory, hypothesis, basis assumptions, limitations and delimitations of the
problem.
5. Types of variables
6. Theory of probability
- Population and sample
- Probability sampling: simple random, systematic random sampling, two stages
and multi stage sampling, cluster sampling.
- Non-Probability sampling purposive, quota and volunteer sampling/snowball
sampling.
Unit-III
7. Basis principles of Research Design
- Purposes of research design: Fundamental, applied and action, exploratory and
descriptive, experimental, survey and case study, ex-post facto,
- Longitudinal and cross sectional, co-relational.
8. Qualitative Research Methods:
- Theory and design in qualitative research
- Definition and type of qualitative research
- Methods and techniques of data collection
• Group discussions
• Interviews: Key informants, in-depth interviews
• Observations
• Social mapping
• Participatory rapid assessment
• Participatory learning assessment
Unit-IV
9. Data Gathering Instruments:
- Observation, questionnaire, interview, scaling methods, case study, home
visits, reliability and validity of measuring instruments.
10. Scales of measurement and the appropriate statistical techniques.
11. Critical analysis of research.
12. Writing a research proposal.
13. Analysis of data and research report.

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