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Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU)

College of Architecture and Civil Engineering


Department of Civil Engineering

Course # CENG6902 Lecture # 001 Title Research Methods Credit 6 ECTS

Lecture
Block 33 room # 305 – Graduate Building
Room #

Name: Getachew Tegegne (Ph.D.) Semester: II

Lecturer E-mail: [email protected] Phone: NA

Technical Assistance: NA

 To make students understand scientific methods of proposal writing, thesis writing, and scientific
paper writing
 The course starts with understanding of the source of knowledge
Course  The course focuses on scientific research conducting methods
Objectives  The course focuses on identify sources of knowledge, define the concept of research, explain the
purpose of research, differentiate research method and methodology and understand philosophy
of research.

 References
Textbook - Day, R.A., 1994, How to write and publish a scientific paper, 4th edition, university press, Cambridge
and - Montgomery, D.C., 2001, Design and analysis of experiments, 5 th edition, John Willy and Sons,
References Newyork
- Antony, J., 2003, Design of experiments for engineers and scientists, Elsevier, Amsterdam

Attendance Individual A. Group P. Group A. Final Exam Field report TOTAL


Assessment
[Mandatory] 15% 20% 10% 50% 5% 100%

 English lecture, presentation, and assignment


 Ready for group assignment - Teamwork and active participation are required
Note
 Still flexible lecture contents
 Follow AASTU’s assessment standards

Cheating
 O% for the given assessment item without any excuse
and
 Penalty by AASTU’s regulations
Plagiarism
Lecture
Lecture Topics Others
Number

Lecture 1 Introduction – the concept of research

Lecture 2 Types of research

Individual assignment
Lecture 3 Research proposal development
(1)

Experimental design
Individual assignment
Lecture 2 o Statistical analysis methods
(2)
o Comparative experiments
Composition of scientific research
Detailed o Styles of thesis and scientific paper writing Individual assignment
Lecture Lecture 3
o Paper organization (3)
Schedule o Grammar and appearance

Individual assignment
Lecture 4 Data collection, analysis and evaluation
(4)

Seminar preparation and presentation Group assignment (1)


Lecture 5

Lecture 6 Review of scientific papers Group project (1)

Lecture 7 Reference database (Endnote, ZOTERO, etc.) Group project (2)

Final Group Presentation Group final report due

Final Examination

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