MRD-004 Research Methods In Rural Development (IGNOU Help book for MRD-104 in English Medium)

 MRD-004 Topics Covered

Block-1 Research in Rural Development

Unit-1  Introduction to Research : Purpose, Nature and Scope

Unit-2  Research in Rural Development Retrospect : National

 and International Perspectives

Unit-3  Research Process I : Formulation of Research Problem

Unit-4  Research Process II : Preparing a Research Proposal

Block-2  Research Methods in Rural Development

Unit-1  Methods of Social Research

Unit-2  Descriptive and Experimental Research

Unit-3  Evaluation and Action Research

Unit-4  Naturalistic Inquiry and Case Study

Block-3  Tools of Data Collection

Unit-1  Methods of Sampling

Unit-2  Tools of Data Collection

Unit-3  Interview, Observation, Documents as Tools

Unit-4  Data Collection

Block-4  Data Processing and Analysis

Unit-1  Data Processing and Analysis

Unit-2  Descriptive Statistics

Unit-3  Inferential Statistics

Unit-4  Reporting Research

Contents

Chapter-1  Research in Rural Development

Chapter-2   Research Methods in Rural Development

Chapter-3   Tools of Data Collection

Chapter-4   Data Processing and Analysis

Question Papers

December: 2011 (Solved)

 June: 2012 (Solved)

December: 2012 (Solved

June: 2013 (Solved

December: 2013 (Solved)

June: 2014 (Solved)