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Webinar on
Effective Skills for Publication
Presenter: Arkalgud Ramaprasad
Professor Emeritus of Information and Decision Sciences, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Director, Ramaiah Public Policy Center, Bengaluru 560 054, India
Tuesday, May 19, 2020, 3:00 –5:00 pm IST
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RPPC Team
Resource Persons
•Dr Chetan Singai
•Dr Shwetmala Kashyap
•Dr Susanna Mitra
•Dr Anupama Sanjeev
Resource Participants
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•Mr Munikrishnappa Anilkumar
•Mr Ajay Chandra
•Ms Devina Neogi
•Mr Gowrish R
•Ms Lekshmi P T
•Ms Sarah Shabbir
•Ms S D Sreeganga
•Mr Nibras K Thodika
Webinar Schedule
•Session I -Introduction to Research Methodology and Methods
•May 19, 2020 (Tuesday), 3-5 pm
•Session II -Effective Skills for Publication
•June 2, 2020 (Tuesday), 3-5 pm
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Agenda: Introduction to Research
Methodology and Methods
•Increasing importance of research publications –3:15 pm IST
•Peer reviewed
•Published
•Indexed
•Formulating a current research problem –3:30 pm IST
•Determining the gaps in the state-of-the-research –4:00 pm IST
•Specifying the research question and the method –4:30 pm IST
•Writing and publishing the research paper (Session II) –4:55 pm IST
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(Re)Writing and Publishing a Quality Research
Paper
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(Re)Writing Content Form Research Paper
Drafting Title Language Theoretical Working
Editing Abstract Grammar Empirical Conference
Finalizing Problem Spelling Applied Journal
Revising Method Headings Grounded Chapter
Iterating Analysis Citations Integrative
Results References
Discussion Length
Conclusion Figures
Tables
Formulas
Authorship
Ethics
Acknowledgments
[paper]
Quality
[+]
[and]
[of a]
[research]
An Imagined Research
Problem
The lunch problem.
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Problem: Where Should We Eat Lunch?
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•Is there a logic to this cacophony?
•How can we piece together the different preferences?
•What is the ‘big picture’?
•What is a simple solution?
•How can we arrive at a decision?
•Is there a research problem here?
Abstracting the Elements and Dimensions of
the Problem
•Cuisine: What type of food to eat?
•Chana-batura, pizza, fusion, dosa, Chinese, home-made
•Location: Where to eat?
•Nearby, online, Jayanagar, next-door, drive, office
•Service: What type of service?
•Sit-down, pick-up, stand-up, delivery, self
•Experience: Desired outcome of eating?
•Quick, leisurely, enjoy, on-the-job
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Constructing the Taxonomies of the
Dimensions
•Cuisine: What type of food to eat?
•South-Indian, North-Indian, Chinese, Italian, Fusion
•Location: Where to eat?
•In-office, Next-door, In-neighborhood, In-city
•Service: What type of service?
•Self, Delivery, Pick-up, Buffet, Full
•Experience: Desired outcome of eating?
•Basic, Satisficing, Enjoyable, Luxurious
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An Ontology of the Lunch Problem
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Service Location Cuisine Experience
Self In-office South-Indian Basic
Delivery Next-door North-Indian Satisficing
Pick-up In-vicinity Chinese Enjoyable
Buffet In-city Italian Luxurious
Full Fusion
Illustrative combinations and instantiations:
Self service in-office of south-Indian cuisine for a basic lunch.
* I have packed idlis from home.
Pick-up service in-vicinity of Chinese cuisine for an enjoyable lunch.
*Pick-up from a good Chinese restaurant nearby.
Buffet service next-door for fusion cuisine for a luxurious lunch.
*All-you-can-eat lunch buffet at the fusion restaurant next-door.
Full service in-city of north-Indian cuisine for a enjoyable lunch.
*Lunch at your favorite dhaba 10 KM away.
Total number of combinations = 400 (5*4*5*4)
[service]
[of]
[lunch]
[cuisine for a/an]
Research on the History of/Post-COVID-19
Lunch Habits of Urban Office Employees
•The dimensions of the subject
•History/future of service, location, cuisine, experience
•The elements of each dimension
•History/future of the elements of service, location, cuisine, experience and
the relationships between them
•Combinations of dimensions of the subject
•History/future of the combinations of
•Cuisine x Experience
•Service x Location
•Components of the subject
•History/future of the components of Service x Location x Cuisine x Experience
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Service Location Cuisine Experience
Self In-office South-Indian Basic
Delivery Next-door North-Indian Satisficing
Pick-up In-vicinity Chinese Enjoyable
Buffet In-city Italian Luxurious
Full Fusion
[service]
[of]
[lunch]
[cuisine for a/an]
Research on the History/Post-COVID-19 Economics
of Lunch Habits of Urban Office Employees
•The dimensions of the subject
•Economics of service, location, cuisine, experience
•The elements of each dimension
•Economics of the elements of service, location, cuisine, experience and the
relationships between them
•Combinations of dimensions of the subject
•Economics of the combinations
•Cuisine x Experience
•Service x Location
•Components of the subject
•Economics of the components of Service x Location x Cuisine x Experience
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Service Location Cuisine Experience
Self In-office South-Indian Basic
Delivery Next-door North-Indian Satisficing
Pick-up In-vicinity Chinese Enjoyable
Buffet In-city Italian Luxurious
Full Fusion
[service]
[of]
[lunch]
[cuisine for a/an]
Research on History/Post-COVID-19 Group
Decision-Making Under Stress (Hunger)
•Aggregation of preferences
•Group dynamics
•Age-, demographics-, location-based biases
•Informal and formal authority/power
•Efficiency and effectiveness
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Gaps in the State-of-the-Research
•Methods
•Literature review
•Systematic review
•Ontological review
•Iteration
•Searching to learn
•Learning to search
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Search for Gaps in the State-of-the-Research
Search
•Google search
•Google Scholar search
•Advanced Google Scholar search
•JSTOR search
•Scopus search
•Web of Science search
•PubMed search
Database
•Curation
•Currency
•Quality
•Comprehensiveness
•Search capabilities –Sensitivity
and Specificity
•Export capabilities
•Full text availability
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Google Search
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There are many items
related to the topic.
There is no
item with the
exact title.
Google Scholar
Search
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There are many
papers related to the
topic.
Advanced
Google Scholar
Search
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There are many
current papers
related to the topic .
Advanced
Google Scholar
Search
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There is no
paper with the
exact title.
There is no
paper with the
exact title.
JSTOR Search
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Scopus Search –Learning to Search
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Illustrative Gap Analysis
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Ontology of Barriers to and Facilitators of
Access to Healthcare in Chile
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Monad Map of Barriers to and Facilitators of
Access to Healthcare in Chile
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Themes Map of Barriers to and Facilitators of
Access to Healthcare in Chile
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Specifying the Research Question
•What is the impact of COVID-19 on the lunch habits of urban office
employees?
•What is the impact of COVID-19 on the economics of central business
district lunch restaurants?
•What is the impact of working from home on lunch preferences of
mid-level managers?
•What is the impact of stress of working at home on family lunch
decision-making?
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Specifying the Research Method
Data Type
•Qualitative
•Qualitative + Quantitative
•Quantitative
Method
•Ethnographic
•Grounded
•Observation
•Measurement –Primary,
Secondary
•Interview –structured and semi-
structured
•Survey
•Experimental
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Specifying the Data and its Collection:
Ontology as a Lens
•Ethnographic
•Grounded
•Observation
•Measurement
•Primary
•Secondary
•Interview
•Structured
•Semi-Structured
•Survey
•Experimental
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(Re)Writing and Publishing a Quality Research
Paper
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(Re)Writing Content Form Research Paper
Drafting Title Language Theoretical Working
Editing Abstract Grammar Empirical Conference
Finalizing Problem Spelling Applied Journal
Revising Method Headings Grounded Chapter
Iterating Analysis Citations Integrative
Results References
Discussion Length
Conclusion Figures
Tables
Formulas
Authorship
Ethics
Acknowledgments
[paper]
Quality
[+]
[and]
[of a]
[research]
Session II -Effective Skills for
Publication
June 2, 2020 (Tuesday), 3-5 pm IST
Examples from published papers and participant research problems.
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