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Pre-requisite Assignment

Week 1: Group Discussion on Research

Week 1: Overview of Research

Week 2: Literature Survey, Experimental skills

Overview of Literature Survey

Literature Survey using WebofScience
Literature Survey using Scopus
Writing Up
Tutorial on using BibTeX with LaTeX to add references to a document
Tutorial on using Microsoft Word with Bibliographic Sources
Tutorial on using Microsoft Word with endnote entries
Demo video on how to submit the assignment summary writing
Demo video for submitting and peer reviewing assignment 1_ summary writing
Experimental skills
Literature Survey from Home
Week 2 Feedback Form: Research Methodology
Quiz: Assignment 2

Week 3 - Data analysis and Modelling skills

Week 4: Technical presentation and writing

Week 5: Creativity in research

Week 6- Intellectual property

Week 7- Design of Experiments

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Week 8- Department specific discussions

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Problem Solving Session - Jan 2024

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Accepted Answers:
Citations should be in uniform style but they are not.

1 point
Consider the following paragraph at the beginning of a research document.

Liquids and glasses are isotropic ie., they have infinite symmetry [8]. The material looks the same in all the
directions. So the physical property should also remain the same in all directions. The tensor representing the
physical property of this material should be isotropic [1]. That is, any arbitrary transformation of the co-
ordinate system should leave the matrix containing the values of physical property unchanged [6]. It is possible
only if the property is representable by an isotropic tensor of corresponding order [3, 4, 5]. Thus, for second
order tensors such as thermal conductivity, diffusivity etc., of liquids only one value is necessary [1].

Identify the problem in the document.

Citations should always be Author, Year but they are not.
Citations should preferably be sequential but they are not.
Multiple citations are to be cited with a range eg., [3-5].
Citations cannot repeat in the text.

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Citations should preferably be sequential but they are not.
OR
Multiple citations are to be cited with a range eg., [3-5].

1 point
Which of the following bibliographic details is adequate, if available, to retrieve all other details
of an archival journal?
ISSN of the journal series
DOI
ISBN
URL of publisher

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
DOI

1 point
Which of the following methods of searching for literature is suitable to identify the earliest
contributor of a scientific outcome?
Keyword based search followed by sorting by year of publication
Citation based search followed by sorting by location of publication
Keyword based search followed by sorting by citations
Back reference based search following a keyword based search

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Back reference based search following a keyword based search

1 point
Which of following sets of bibliographic fields for a reference does not contain redundant
information that is useful in overcoming typographical errors, if any?
Author, Journal, Volume, Issue, Page number

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Journal, Volume, Page Number

Author, Journal, Year, Issue, Page Number
Journal, Year, Volume, Issue, Page Number

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Journal, Volume, Page Number

1 point
Which of the following indices is considered as a measure of the impact of a particular author in
its area of his/her specialization?
Total number of articles published
Hirsch index of the author
Number of views of his/her latest article
Number of downloads of all articles in a year

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Hirsch index of the author

1 point
Which of the following formats is not recommended for storing the bibliographic information
while saving as a file on your computer?
BibTeX format
XML format
End Note format
Plain text format

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Plain text format

1 point
You have searched for a keyword using a search engine and have picked it from a website of an
organization. Which of the following is an accepted reference in a publication?
URL of search enginer address
URL of the organization
URL where the keyword was found along with a date last accessed on
Keyword and search engine used

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
URL where the keyword was found along with a date last accessed on

1 point
While writing an article for a publication, which of the following is necessary at the end of the
article?
List of all the bibliographic items relevant.
List of all archival bibliographic items actually referred to
List of only books and journal articles referred to
List of all websites referred to

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Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
List of all archival bibliographic items actually referred to
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