Personality Characteristics, Attitude and Emotional Intelligence among Secondary Level Teachers

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Chapter 3 Methodology & Procedure:
Research methodology is a way to systematically investigate the research problem. It gives various steps in conducting the research in a systematic and a logical way. It is essential to define the problem, state objectives and hypothesis clearly. The research design provides the details regarding what, where, when, how much and by what means enquiry is initiated. Every piece of research must be planned and designed carefully so that the researcher precedes a hear without getting confused at the subsequent steps of research. The researcher must have an objective understanding of what is to be done, what is to be done, what data is needed, what data collecting tools are to be employed and how the data is to be statistically analyzed and interpreted. There are a number of approaches to the design of studies and research projects all of which may be equally valid.
A researcher before formulating a research design should contemplate on it thoroughly keeping in view the demands of the selected problem. A objectively and suitable designed technique for the completion of various research steps is the basic requirement for a research problem. Thus research plan is specifically conceived and executed to bring empirical evidence. The design of the research is the actual blue print of ensuring research. A well conceived design adequately planned and executed helps greatly in permitting to rely both on observations and inferences.
Research designs have been defined by different social scientists in different ways. All these definitions emphasize systematic methodology in collecting accurate information for interpretation. Selltize et al., (1959) indicates that, "research design are closely linked to investigators objectives, accordingly they specify that research design are expletory descriptive and/or experimental in nature". According to Ackoff Russel (1961) research design is, "Planning various phases and procedures

Dr. Hafiz Mudasir was born in Natipora in the Vicinity of Srinagar, J&K. He completed his Bachelors Degree in Science (B.Sc), B.Ed, M.Ed and Masters Degree in Education from the University of Kashmir and also holds a qualified Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (PGDHE) from IGNOU with a research project. The author earned his M.Phil and Ph.D from Dr. C.V Raman University. Dr. Hafiz Mudasir started his career as a teacher in various private educational institutes of District Srinagar and later on worked as contractual lecturer at the Department of Higher Education at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (formerly Govt. College of Education). He also worked as a resource person for teaching B.Ed and M.Ed classes at the Directorate of Distance Education, University of Kashmir. Currently, the author is working as a teacher at the Department of School Education and also is a nodal officer for ICT. He has delivered a number of extension lecturers regarding the use of ICT in Education. Dr. Hafiz Mudasir has a number of international publications to his credit and has also attended a number of workshops, seminars and conferences. He is also acting as an editorial board member of the American Journal of Education and Information Technologies (AJEIT), Science Publishing Group, to review the quality of research papers.
Dr. Mohammad Yousuf Ganai was born in Onagam Village of District Bandipora of J&K. He earned his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Kashmir. At the same university, he also pursued a Masters Degree in History, as well as a M.Phil and Ph.D in Education. The author started his career as assistant professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Kashmir. Presently, he is working as associate professor at the same faculty. Dr. Mohammad Yousuf Ganai has guided a number of Ph.D and M.Phil scholars. Besides teaching, he is a resource person of a number of educational institutions. He has delivered a number of extension