Seven Research Mantras: A Short Guide for Researchers

“Editorial Letter” Managing Authorship Conflicts: A Guide for Researchers

Nowadays, the issue of Authorship has increasingly expanded in the academic world and has resulted in a lot of problems for scholars and the editorial board of scientific Journals. Given the increasing number of postgraduate students and subsequent research activities, every day we witness the formal and informal arguments on the ambiguity and unfairness of decisions regarding authors' names an...

A Guide for Novice Researchers: Design and Development Research Methods

Understanding the type of research methods that may best fit a given research agenda can be daunting task for novice researchers. In many instances, the problem can seem to be overwhelming in that the novice does not possess the basic familiarity with the fundamental terms and concepts of some of the more commonly used approaches to make an informed decision. This paper provides the novice rese...

A Guide for Megaproject Researchers

Data Sources for Scholarly Research: Towards a Guide for Novice Researchers

One of the biggest challenges the novice researcher faces is determining just where and how to start her or his research. During the research design stage, a novice researcher must take into consideration three key factors: a) literature; b) research-worthy problem; and c) data. While the role of the problem and literature in research has been explored previously, inadequate attention has been ...

Evaluating Statistical Validity of Research Reports: a guide for managers, planners, and researchers

She also holds a master's degree (1979) in statistics and a doctorate (1983) in biostatistics from Berkeley. This report was prepared under a research contract while the author was a doctoral student. Preface Just as some managers are more professional, effective, and skilled than others, so are some researchers more competent than others in their use of statistics. And, just as managerial deci...