Research Methodology – Fall 2023

Course No: 0907703
Course Name: Research Methodology

Microsoft Team: Link

Textbooks:

  • Wayne Booth, George Colomb, Joseph Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William FitzGerald, The Craft of Research, 4th Edition, The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
  • Raj Jain, The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis, Wiley, 1991.

Handouts and Slides:

  • Course Syllabus (pdf)
  • Course Introduction (pdf)
  • Part I: Research, Researchers, and Readers (pdf)
  • Part II: Asking Questions, Finding Answers (pdf)
  • Part III: Making an Argument (pdf)
  • Part IV: Writing Your Argument (pdf)
  • Part V: The Ethics of Research (pdf)
  • Information about the project (pdf)
    • Template for the project proposal (docx)
  • Master Thesis Proposal Template (AIR version, CEN version)
  • Engineering Responsibility and Ethical Issues (pdf)
  • Introduction to Performance evaluation (pdf)
  • Workloads (pdf)
  • Ratio Games (pdf)
  • Summarizing Measured Data (pdf)
  • Comparing Systems Using Sample Data (pdf)
  • Experimental Design (pdf)
  • Simulation (pdf)

Solutions:

  • Midterm Exam (pdf)

Grades and Attendance:

  • Are posted on MS Teams

Last update on 6/12/2023