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Assignment 8 answer key

Please find the assignment 8 answer key:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0c4TPbDGhoPRVBkTk9hLVY1NGc

Introduction to research- Week 7

Dear students,
Part 5 video in Design of experiments and week 7 assignment are available now. Last date of submission is 15.09.2016

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Introduction to Research- Week 8

Dear students,
Week 8 Materials are available in the respective unit. It include a short interview sessions with different department faculties. Also a discussion with research scholars. Currently we have uploaded 11 interviews. Other department videos will be uploaded next week.
A general assignment is also available in the same unit. This is an example of reading comprehension. Similar questions can be expected in final exam. Last date for submission is 12-09-2015.

Introduction to research- Week 7

Dear students,
Four videos in Design of experiment unit is available now. One more is yet to come. After that we will upload the assignment.  We are sorry for the delay caused in the release of this week videos.

Next week we will be uploading interview sessions with Professors of different departments along with a discussion session with students.

Introduction to Research- Assignment 6 answer key

Dear students,
Please find the answer key:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0c4TPbDGhoPSU1OdDhQYTVPZDg

Introduction to Research- Final exam pattern

Dear students,
You will be getting multiple choice questions for your final exam. It includes reading comprehension, technical, non technical questions. You might get mathematical problems too ( modelling & DOE). You all can bring your scientific calculators, but calculators in mobile phones are strictly prohibited.

Introduction to research- Assignment 5

Dear students,
There was a problem in assignment 5, Q2. The correct answer is option (a). Instead we have given marks to option (b).
So those who attempted that question would be getting 1.25 marks.

Introduction to research- Assignment 5 answer key

Dear student,
You can view the assignment 5 key in the link given below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0c4TPbDGhoPaDdMTzNVVHdqS0U

Introduction to research- Assignment 6

Dear students,
Assignment 6 is available in the respective unit. Last date for submission is 01.09.2016 11.30 PM

Introduction to research- Intellectual property part 2

Intellectual property part 2 video is available now

Introduction to research answer keys

Dear student,
Assignment 5 deadline is tomorrow (24.08.2016).
Answer keys of Assignment 3& 4 are available now.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0c4TPbDGhoPemF4ZHA5X2lfSE0
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0c4TPbDGhoPaTRfOXZmUG96Tzg

First video in intellectual property is available now.  We will be uploading one more video in the same chapter by tomorrow morning. 

Announcement on Certificate Fromat.

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Hope you are enjoying learning from the course.

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Introduction to research-Assignment 1evaluation status

Dear students,
(Those who have received the marks, please ignore.)
We have completed almost 80% of the evaluation. We are getting many queries about the marks. Kindly wait for one more day. We will finish the evaluation by today evening. Kindly wait for one more day.

Introduction to Research -Reminder

Last date for assignment 3 submission is today (15.08.16) 10.00 PM.
Answer key for assignment 2 is available in the following link.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0c4TPbDGhoPOUFKVi1HbGZWeEE

Week 5 Materials

Dear student,
Week 3 materials are available now.  Text version of creativity in research is available with the first part video. You can view "text version" tab on the right corner of the video. Click on that to avail the material.

Introduction to research-Week 4-Assignmnent

Dear student,
Week 4 assignment is available now. Last date for submission is 18.08.2016 10.00 PM

Introduction to research-Week 4 materials

Dear student,
Week 4 materials are available now. Assignment-4 will be uploaded soon
 Week 3 assignment is uploaded in the respective unit. Last date for submission is 15-08-2016, 10.00 PM

Reminder -1 Introduction to research: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN !

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the September 2016 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd AUGUST 2016 (Tuesday) until 22nd AUGUST 2016 5.00 PM (Monday).

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Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
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Introduction to Research- Reminder

Dear student,
Kindly follow the procedure mentioned in the previous announcement to submit the assignment. If you just share the assignment without following the instructions, it can not be evaluated. Only if you submit it in the right way, it will come in the format we need. Only then it will be evaluated and you will be given marks. So i request all of you to stick to the instructions given. If you are still unaware of the procedure, check it in the announcements and submit it.
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ge02/announcements

Introduction to Research- Assignment 2

Dear student,
Assignment 2 is available in the Literature survey, Experimental skills unit. It is a multiple choice assignment. You can click on the right answers there itself. Last date for submission is 08.08.2016, 10.00 PM
Kindly submit it without fail
Thank you
Course TA

Introduction to research- Third week materials

Dear student,
Third week materials are available in the course outline.

Reminder: Last date for assignment 1 submission is tomorrow (02.08.2016), 10.00PM. 

Introduction to Research: How to access the materials

Dear student,
There were many questions about how to access the materials. If you know the procedure, kindly ignore this mail.
The procedure is as follows
1. Go to https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in
2. Login with your id
3. Go to the course categories, choose multidisciplinary courses from there choose introduction to research
4. You can view the week-wise materials in the course outline tab.

Week 2 Materials

Dear student,
Week 2 materials are uploaded in the course outline tab. It includes Literature survey and Experimental skills. Assignment will be uploaded soon.

Introduction to research- link to download videos

Dear students,
You can download videos in 4 formats (MP4, 3gp,flv,mp3) from the following link.

http://nptel.ac.in/courses/121106007/

Assignment 1

Dear student,
Assignment submission deadline is extended to 02-08-2016, 10.00 PM.
Kindly follow the instructions given in the first mail to share the assignment. Many have shared it to the id mentioned. Only if you follow the instructions and submit it in that format, we can evaluate it.
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13. Copy the text after = sign
14. Paste it in the area where it is asking for the drive link in the assignment.


Introduction to research: Assignment 1

Dear student,
Please do not share the assignment simply to the drive without following the instructions given in the previous announcement. If it is not in the right format we can not evaluate it.
Thank you
Course TA

Introduction to Research: Id to share assignment

Dear student,
The e-mail id of this course to which you have to share your assignment is noc16-ge02@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Assignment 1

Dear student,
First week materials are out and you can find it in your course outline tab. Last date for the assignment submission is 26.07.2016, 22.00PM. If you have any doubt in submitting the assignment, kindly go through the link
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ge02/unit?unit=1&lesson=10
 Feel free to write to us
Thank you
Course TA

Welcome to Introduction to Research

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course " INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on July 18 2016. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
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  • The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries- Forum is divided into categories like admin, week 1, week 2,..........and so on.
  • If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc can be posted under the admin section and queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments - please post under each week appropriately.

Details regarding the course: 
Name of the course: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ge02
Course duration : 08 weeks
Start date and end date of course: 18 July 2016 - 9 September 2016
Dates of exams :  18 September 2016 & 25 September 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
Exam Fee: The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000(non-Programming)/1250(Programming) needs to be paid.

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