Research Methodology Petro 7th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Research Methodology detail syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (Petro), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17PC71), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other petro 7th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Petro 7th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for research methodology is as follows.

Course Objectives:

To understand the principles, methodology and ethics of research.

Module 1
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Module 2

Research Problems – Defining the research problem – Selecting the problem – Necessity of defining the problem – Techniques involved in defining the problem – Importance of literature review in defining a problem – Survey of literature – Primary and secondary sources.

Module 3

Sampling: Concepts- Types of Sampling – Probability Sampling and Non Probability Sampling, Errors in sampling. Data Collection: Primary data collection methods – Observations, survey, Interview and Questionnaire, Questionnaire design – Meaning -process of designing questionnaire. Secondary data -Sources – advantages and disadvantages.
Hypothesis: Meaning, Types, characteristics, Formulation of Hypothesis, Errors in Hypothesis.

Module 4
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Module 5

Report Writing:Importance of report writing, types of research report, structure of the report, steps in research report writing, guidelines for effective research report writing.

Course Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, the students would have Learned to carry out literature survey, plan the methods and order of carrying of various research techniques, consolidate the data and preparation of report.

Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):

1. Engineering Knowledge
2. Problem Analysis
3. Design/development of solutions (Partly)
4. Interpretation of data.

Question paper pattern:

• The question paper will have ten questions.
• Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
• There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

1. Kothari, C.R., 1990. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Age International.
2. Garg, B.L., Karadia, R., Agarwal, F. and Agarwal, U.K., 2002. An introduction to Research Methodology, RBSA Publishers.

Reference Books:

1. William M C Trochi Research Methods 2 nd edition Biztantra 2007.
2. Deepak Chawla and NeenaSondhi Research Methodology, Vikas Publication 2014.
3. Sinha, S.C. and Dhiman, A.K., 2002. Research Methodology, EssEss Publications. 2 volumes
4. Subbarau NR-Handbook on Intellectual Property Law and Practice-S Viswanathan Printers and Publishing Private Limited.1998.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Petro, 2017 scheme do visit Petro 7th Sem syllabus for 2017 scheme.

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