Research Methodology What is research What is research

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Research Methodology What is research?

Research Methodology What is research?

What is research? Re+search • Asking questions • Seeking answers • Investigation and discovering

What is research? Re+search • Asking questions • Seeking answers • Investigation and discovering process • Systematic inquiry o Hypothesize-A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. o Test o Verify and conclude

Research Methodology Definitions of research

Research Methodology Definitions of research

Definitions of research • Adding to scientific knowledge of the subject • Reliable verifiable

Definitions of research • Adding to scientific knowledge of the subject • Reliable verifiable and exhaustive (Francis G. Cornell) • A careful inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles (Clifford Woody Uof Michigan) • For the discovery of truth (critical thinking) o Defining and redefining problems o Formulating hypotheses (or suggesting solutions) o Collecting, organizing and evaluating data o Making deductions and reaching conclusions

Definitions of research CC Crawford • Research is simply a systematic and refined technique

Definitions of research CC Crawford • Research is simply a systematic and refined technique of thinking, employing specialized tools, instruments, and procedures • To obtain a more adequate solution of a problem than would be possible under ordinary means

Definitions of research Encyclopedia of Social Science • The manipulation of things concepts or

Definitions of research Encyclopedia of Social Science • The manipulation of things concepts or symbols generalizing to extend, correct or verify knowledge V. Redman and A. V. H. Mory • Research is a systematized effort to gain new knowledge

Definitions of research Francies Rummel • An endeavor to discover, develop and verify knowledge

Definitions of research Francies Rummel • An endeavor to discover, develop and verify knowledge • An intellectual process - developed over hundreds of years • Ever changing in purpose and form • Always searching for truth

Research Methodology General characteristics of research

Research Methodology General characteristics of research

General characteristics of research The nature of research • Systematic-logical- empirical-reductive-replicable • Gathers new

General characteristics of research The nature of research • Systematic-logical- empirical-reductive-replicable • Gathers new knowledge or data from primary or first-hand sources • Emphasis upon the discovery of general principles • Exact systematic and accurate investigation • Uses certain valid data gathering devices • Logical and objective

General characteristics of research The nature of research • Resists the temptation to seek

General characteristics of research The nature of research • Resists the temptation to seek only the data that support his hypotheses • Eliminates personal feelings and preferences END • Patient and unhurried activity • Carefully recorded and reported • Conclusions and generalizations are arrived at carefully and cautiously

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