Chapter 4: Data and Methodology

The significance, reliability and acceptance of any empirical research mostly depend on the selection of data and application of appropriate methodology for the analysis and interpretation of the chosen date set. This chapter presents a comprehensive framework for conducting the study that may influence the validity of the findings. It provides a detailed outline of how the investigation will take place. More specifically, this chapter describes the data sets used in the study and presents the statistical and econometric methods that we will use in this study.

This section provides an in-depth discussion of the data sets used in the study to analyse the effect of corporate governance variables on corporate performance in the context of India. It discusses the sample design and selection of variables, descriptions of the selected variables, study period, data sources, etc.