NPTEL : NOC:Research Methodology (Multi-Disciplinary)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Soumitro Banerjee


Lecture 1 - What is Science? - Part 1

Lecture 2 - What is Science? - Part 2

Lecture 3 - Subjective Thinking Versus Objective Thinking

Lecture 4 - Idealism Versus Materialism

Lecture 5 - Causality - Part 1

Lecture 6 - Causality - Part 2

Lecture 7 - Logical Reasoning: Inductive Logic

Lecture 8 - Logical Reasoning: Deductive Logic - Part 1

Lecture 9 - Logical Reasoning: Deductive Logic - Part 2

Lecture 10 - Logical Reasoning: Syllogistic Logic - Part 1

Lecture 11 - Logical Reasoning: Syllogistic Logic - Part 2

Lecture 12 - Logical Reasoning: Syllogism Logic, Truth and Validity

Lecture 13 - Historical Perspective: Emergence of Materialism and Idealism - Part 1

Lecture 14 - Historical Perspective: Emergence of Materialism and Idealism - Part 2

Lecture 15 - Historical Perspective:Renaissance to the Development of Mechanical Materialism - Part 1

Lecture 16 - Historical Perspective:Renaissance to the Development of Mechanical Materialism - Part 2

Lecture 17 - Historical Perspective: The Advent of Empiricism and the Idea of Evolution

Lecture 18 - Historical Perspective: Science in Ancient India

Lecture 19 - Historical Perspective: The Advent of Scientific Materialism - Part 1

Lecture 20 - Historical Perspective: The Advent of Scientific Materialism - Part 2

Lecture 21 - Historical Perspective: The Rise and Fall of Positivism - Part 1

Lecture 22 - Historical Perspective: The Rise and Fall of Positivism - Part 2

Lecture 23 - What Scientists Actually Do - Part 1

Lecture 24 - What Scientists Actually Do - Part 2

Lecture 25 - Falsifiability and Reproducibility - Part 1

Lecture 26 - Falsifiability and Reproducibility - Part 2

Lecture 27 - Proposing a Hypothesis - Part 1

Lecture 28 - Proposing a Hypothesis - Part 2

Lecture 29 - Elements of Scientific Measurement - Part 1

Lecture 30 - Elements of Scientific Measurement - Part 2

Lecture 31 - The Central Limit Theorem and its Applications - Part 1

Lecture 32 - The Central Limit Theorem and its Applications - Part 2

Lecture 33 - Error Bars and Confidence Interval - Part 1

Lecture 34 - Error Bars and Confidence Interval - Part 2

Lecture 35 - Measurement of a Proportion - Part 1

Lecture 36 - Measurement of a Proportion - Part 2

Lecture 37 - Examples of Proportion Measurement

Lecture 38 - Box and Whisker Plot

Lecture 39 - Propagation of Errors - Part 1

Lecture 40 - Propagation of Errors - Part 2

Lecture 41 - Issues in Hypothesis Testing - Part 1

Lecture 42 - Issues in Hypothesis Testing - Part 2

Lecture 43 - Statistical Methods in Hypothesis Testing: Z-Test and T-Test - Part 1

Lecture 44 - Statistical Methods in Hypothesis Testing: Z-Test and T-Test - Part 2

Lecture 45 - Hypothesis Testing: The Chi-Square Test - Part 1

Lecture 46 - Hypothesis Testing: The Chi-Square Test - Part 2

Lecture 47 - Hypothesis Testing: The Chi-Square Test - Part 3

Lecture 48 - Hypothesis Testing: The Chi-Square Test - Part 4

Lecture 49 - Theoretical Research: Functional Relationships from Experimental Data - Part 1

Lecture 50 - Theoretical Research: Functional Relationships from Experimental Data - Part 2

Lecture 51 - Theoretical Research: Mathematical Models of Physical Systems

Lecture 52 - Order of Magnitude Calculations

Lecture 53 - Theoretical Research: Modeling Using Dimensional Analysis - Part 1

Lecture 54 - Theoretical Research: Modeling Using Dimensional Analysis - Part 2

Lecture 55 - An Example of Mathematical Modeling

Lecture 56 - Importance of Theory-Building in Science

Lecture 57 - Scientific Writing: Journal Papers - Part 1

Lecture 58 - Scientific Writing: Journal Papers - Part 2

Lecture 59 - Scientific Writing: Journal Papers - Part 3

Lecture 60 - Scientific Writing: Journal Papers - Part 4

Lecture 61 - Scientific Writing: PhD Thesis

Lecture 62 - Scientific Writing: Text Stylistics

Lecture 63 - Presentation in Scientific Conferences - Part 1

Lecture 64 - Presentation in Scientific Conferences - Part 2

Lecture 65 - Writing Grant Proposals - Part 1

Lecture 66 - Writing Grant Proposals - Part 2

Lecture 67 - Ethical Conduct in Science: Aspects of Scientific Ethics

Lecture 68 - Ethical Conduct in Science: Research Misconduct

Lecture 69 - Ethical Conduct in Science: Ethics in Scientific Publication - Part 1

Lecture 70 - Ethical Conduct in Science: Ethics in Scientific Publication - Part 2

Lecture 71 - Ethical Conduct in Science: Cases of Scientific Misconduct - Part 1

Lecture 72 - Ethical Conduct in Science: Cases of Scientific Misconduct - Part 2