Seminar Presentation and Viva voce

Paper Code: 
MTM 228
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. Create awareness in students about current trends, issues and researches
  2. Expose students to case studies /capstone project and enable them to prepare a report based on primary/secondary data.

 

Course Outcomes:

Course

Course outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

MTM 228

Seminar Presentation and Viva Voce

CO 96Analyze current trends, issues and researches.

CO 97Apply Descriptive statistics and machine learning using statistical tools SPSS/ Orange.

CO 98Investigate a research problem based on primary data.

Approach in teaching:

Lab class, regular interaction with Supervisor

Learning activities for the students:

SPSS exercises, Orange exercises ,Presentations

Viva and Presentation

 

 

Content:  Each student will choose a topic in the beginning of the semester. They will be required to prepare a primary research report. 30 hours lab sessions are provided for hands on training on SPSS and systematic review of literature to the students as follows for covering the following:

 

Unit

Contents

 No of

Lectures

I

Regression- Simple Linear Model, Linear Model with several Predictors, Model estimation, Assessing Goodness of Fit, R and R square, Assessing individual Predictors

Bias in Regression Model- Unusual cases, Generalizing the Model, Sample size in Regression, Assumptions, What if assumptions are violated

Interpreting Regression Model –.ptive, Summary of Model, Model Parameters, Excluded variables, Assessing Multicollinearity,

Logistic Regression.

 

15

II

Moderation and mediation of variables

Exploratory Factor Analysis- Discovering Factors, Running the analysis, Interpreting output from SPSS, Reliability Analysis, How to report Factor analysis.

 

15

 

Apart from the 30 hrs.lab sessions, students are required to devote 2 hrs. per week under the supervision of their respective supervisors on regular basis for guidance on report.

 

Essential Readings: 

• IBM SPSS Statistics 20 Core System User’s Guide
• IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0 User's Guide
• G N Prabhakara, Synopsis Dissertation And Research To Pg Students, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers; second edition (2016)

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