As explained in Tip 8, exploratory factor analysis may be a practical place to conclude a field research, However, PhD process demands a lot more academic rigor. Each of the extracted factors are tested rigorously in a confirmatory factor analysis … Continued
“Piled High and Deep”, www.PHDCOMICS.com, by Jorge Cham Editor’s Note: This post by contributing author, Sanjay Malla, Research Scholar explains the rigor of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling – a key requirement in the PhD programs of most … Continued
One of the biggest challenge in handling data is extracting inferences from it. Factor analysis is a multi-variate statistical technique in which there is no distinction between the dependent and independent variables. In factor … Continued
Automation helps! You possibly saved days of onerous data capture by using my trick with the OMR forms in previous tips! But – no, you are not obsolete! The real PhD work is in the analysis of data. Of … Continued
A fun look at the research method by Jorge @ Phd Comics Research Method is a structured investigation of a specific phenomena with the objective of validating a hypothesis relating to it. It starts with a careful observation of the … Continued
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE CROSS-EYED PhD – and a Happy New Year 2020! (For the uninitiated – Santa’s HO – HO -HO has been equated with the null hypothesis traditionally written as H0 in the academic circles – … Continued
The Significance of DATA in research… In your research, you will be presenting empirical evidence substantiating your analysis. To do that, you need to get (valid, reliable) data. Do note that if it cannot be expressed in figures, … Continued
With a national objective for the rooftop solar at 40GW and an installation base of 4.4 GW on March 31’19- it is obvious that there will be a serious push by the Government to grow the nascent rooftop solar … Continued
The challenge of the research topic… Quite a few of us will be buffeted by different interests in our process of defining the research topic. Actually, the trick to getting the right answers is to ask … Continued
“Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham, www.phdcomics.com Tip 3: The Literature Review The literature review starts early in the research phase and permeates through it – even beyond the literature review chapter phase. It is a critical part of … Continued