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Two-day Workshop On "The Philosophy & Techniques For Quantitative Research" Concludes At Fatima Jinnah Women University ( FJWU)
Sumaira FH Published April 20, 2018 | 04:33 PM
Department of Economics Fatima Jinnah Women University ( FJWU) organized a two-day workshop on "The Philosophy and Techniques for Quantitative Research" concluded here on Friday
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Apr, 2018 ) :Department of Economics Fatima Jinnah Women University ( FJWU) organized a two-day workshop on "The Philosophy and Techniques for Quantitative Research" concluded here on Friday.
More than 50 students and faculty of multiple disciplines of the university attended the workshop which was divided into four sessions. Vice Chancellor, PIDE Prof. Dr. Asad Zaman in his remarks said that generally in quantitative analysis, researcher tended to ignore nature of the data and focused on complex analysis without studying the data itself resulting in incorrect conclusion.
Chief Guest of the workshop Vice Chancellor FJWU Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir thanked Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE ) Prof. Dr. Asad Zaman to join workshop and appreciated the initiative of the Department of Economics to organizing this wonderful workshop and said FJWU aims to promote the highest standards of academic excellence in teaching and research.
Coordinator of workshop and Chairperson of Economics department Dr. Bushra Yasmin said the workshop was aimed to orient the participants in understanding the processes and stages of quantitative research as well as to equip them with practical skills required to carry out analysis of quantitative data sets.
The workshop was designed to include illuminating lectures and presentations in philosophy of research as well as building an understanding of various stages of data analysis. The instruction also includes techniques and training in descriptive and inferential analysis in both univariate and multivariate settings using a variety of specialized software.
Prof. Dr. Naheed Zia Khan gave a detailed lecture on the topics philosophy of research, why human kind need to conduct research, history of Quantitative research, ontological and epistemological characteristics of quantitative research and Variables behavioral characteristics.
Dr. Faiza Azhar Khan talked about phases and stages of research process, data, data types, sources and data analysis in quantitative research. At the end question answers session was held which was helpful for students to resolves their problems. At the end Vice Chancellor FJWU Prof. Dr. Samina Amin Qadir presented souvenir to Vice Chancellor, PIDE Prof. Dr. Asad Zaman.
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