Thursday, May 5

Briefing on Mini Research

A.How to select topic for mini research?
(1)Develop the research questions
(2)List few topics 
(3)Timelines: 5 weeks
(4)Supervisor’s interest

B.Group works’ dates:
On 6,9,13,19,27, & 30th May, we gonna have group works (up to 6 times) and 0n 3rd June is mini research presentation.

**Study place:inside IIUM
**Target population: student, workers (even pekerja yg bina bangunan pun boleh!),clients

C.Study Tools
Eg of tools The Dept has are:

1.sphygmomanometer
2.weighing scale
3.body fat analyzer
4.harper-den skinfold caliper
5.spirometer
6.purdue pegboard
7.dosimeter
8.Sound level meter
9.electromyogram
10.neurometer
11.simple reaction meter
12.Standardized validated questionnaire :
a.International Physical Activity Questionnaire, IPAQ
b.Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) Questionnaire

D.What is in research paper?

Basically, this is what ur research paper should contain:

1.rationale and importance of study
2.objectives of study
3.literature review and problem statement
4.Methodology: study design, sample size, sampling techniques, data collection, statistical analysis,
5.Definition of variables: independent, dependents, constants
6.Data analyses: Dummy tables
7.Results: analyse and present using demographic data and taking into accounts of hierarchy according to research objectives
8.Discussion: compare with previous studies (why same or not same; confounding, bias ; efforts to reduces etc); conclude and propose some recommendations based on results

E.Presentation:
30 minutes presentation (20 minutes present paper + 10 minutes Q&A)
**a scientific presentation
**email softcopy to respective supervisors


#These are what I managed to salin, any additions,feel free to add :), hope it can help you all!

No comments:

Post a Comment