CONTENTS:-
Part 1: Research Methodology:
- Historical Background of Research in Ayrveda & Contemporary Medical Science with Evidences of Research in Ayurvedic Classics
- Etymology, Definition and Synonyms of Term 'Research'
- Scope, need, Importance and Utility of Research in Ayurveda
- Types of Research
- Research Process (importance of Each Step in brief)
- Role of Parmanas as Research tool
- Concept and Importance of 'Ethics' in Research
- Concept of Evidence Based medicine and Scientific Writing
- Importance of IT in Data Mining and Important research data portals Concerned with Ayurveda and Contemporary medical Science (DHARA, PubMed, Ayush Research Portal, Bioinformatics centre, Research management Informatics System etc)
Part 2: Medical Statistics:
- Definition, Scope and Importance of Medical Statistics
- Common Statistical Terms and Notations: Population, Sample, Data, Variable, Normal Distribution
- Collection and Presentation of data
- Measures of Location and central Tendency
- Variability and Its Measurement
- Introduction to Probability and Tests of Significance
- Parametric and Non-Parametric tests
- Introduction to Commonly Used Statistical Software
