TY - BOOK ID - 8655716 TI - Research methodology : a guide for researchers in agricultural science, social science and other related fields PY - 2013 SN - 8132210190 8132210204 PB - New Delhi ; New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture -- Research -- Methodology. KW - Agriculture -- Research. KW - Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology. KW - Agriculture KW - Social Sciences KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Social Sciences - General KW - Agriculture - General KW - Research KW - Methodology. KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Life sciences. KW - Agriculture. KW - Biostatistics. KW - Bioinformatics. KW - Computational biology. KW - Ecology. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Agricultural economics. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Agricultural Economics. KW - Computer Appl. in Life Sciences. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Theoretical Ecology/Statistics. KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Statistical methods. KW - Biology KW - Data processing. KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Agrarian question KW - Agribusiness KW - Agricultural economics KW - Agricultural production economics KW - Production economics, Agricultural KW - Balance of nature KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Environmental aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Ecology KW - Bioinformatics . KW - Computational biology . KW - Ecology . KW - Bioinformatics KW - Bio-informatics KW - Biological informatics KW - Information science KW - Computational biology KW - Systems biology KW - Biological statistics KW - Biometrics (Biology) KW - Biostatistics KW - Biomathematics KW - Statistics KW - Data processing KW - Statistical methods KW - Biometry. KW - Agriculture—Economic aspects. KW - Sustainability. KW - Computational and Systems Biology. KW - Theoretical and Statistical Ecology. KW - Sustainability science KW - Human ecology KW - Social ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8655716 AB - This book is the outcome of more than 20 years of experience of the author in teaching and research field. The wider scope and coverage of the book will help not only the students/ researchers/professionals in the field of agriculture and allied disciplines, but also the researchers and practitioners in other fields. Written in simple and lucid language, the book would appeal to all those who are meant to be benefitted out of it. All efforts have been made to present "RESEARCH", its meaning, intention and usefulness. The book reflects current methodological techniques used in interdisciplinary research, as illustrated with many relevant worked out examples. Designing of research programme, selection of variables, collection of data and their analysis to interpret the data are discussed extensively. Statistical tools are complemented with real-life examples, making the otherwise complicated subject like statistics seem simpler. Attempts have been made to demonstrate how a user can solve the problems using simple computer-oriented programme. Emphasis is placed not only on solving the problems in various fields but also on drawing inferences from the problems. The importance of instruments and computers in research processes and statistical analyses along with their misuse/incorrect use is also discussed to make the user aware about the correct use of specific technique. In all the chapters, theories are combined with examples, and steps are enumerated to follow the correct use of the available packages like MSEXCELL, SPSS, SPAR1, SAS etc. Utmost care has been taken to present varied range of research problems along with their solutions in agriculture and allied fields which would be of immense use to readers. ER -