| Using primary (case-law and legislation) and secondary sources (textbooks, treatises, case digests, law
journals) in research; Finding and Using library and internet resources; Nature of research; Methods of
research: legalistic, empirical, comparative and theoretical; qualitative and quantitative approaches; Legal
research styles; Conceptualization of research problems and Research Process: Planning and designing of
research; validity and reliability; Research ethics; Literature Review; Writing styles; Drafting of research
proposals; Doctrinal and non-doctrinal research; Referencing, Empirical legal research; Comparative law
techniques. Introduction to Social Research; Perspectives and Varieties of Social Research; Defining the
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Research Problem; The Research Design and Process; Statistical analysis; Sampling and Scaling
Techniques; Data Collection; -Processing and Analysis of Data; Analysis and Interpretation; Hypothesis
Testing, Chi Square Tests; Analysis of Variances; Quantitative Analysis; Report Writing; SPSS. |
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