HOW CAN I DO A RESEARCH?

HOW CAN I DO A RESEARCH?

1. Meaning of Research

   • Research is a way of thinking aimed at the search for knowledge

2. Objectives of Research

   • General
     • To find out the truth which is hidden and which has not been discovered as yet
   • Specifics
     • To get acquainted with something new
     • To portray the characteristics of someone or something
     • To determine the frequency with which something occur
     • To test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables

3. Motivation in Research

   • Getting a research degree
   • Facing the challenge in solving the unsolved problems
   • Getting joy of doing a creative work
   • Being of service to society
   • Getting respect

4. Types of Research

   • Three different perspectives
     • Applications of the findings
       • Pure research
         • Designed to develop new techniques and procedures that form the body of research methodology
       • Applied research
         • Designed for the understanding of a phenomenon or problem
     • Objectives of the study
       • Descriptive
         • Describing the relevance of the problem
       • Correlational
         • Discovering the relationship
       • Explanatory
         • Clarifying why the importance of that relationship
       • Exploratory
         • Exploring a new or unknown field
     • The mode enquiry process
       • Process with two approaches
         • The structured approach
           • Everything is predetermined about search
             • Quantitative
               • Quantifying variation in a phenomenon, situation, problem
         • The unstructured approach
           • First explore its nature
             • Qualitative
               • Describing the variation and diversity in a phenomenone
         • The purpose of research should determine the mode of enquiry

5. Research Process

   • 1. Define research problem
   • 2. Review concepts
   • 3. Formulate Hypotheses
   • 4. Design Research
   • 5. Collect Data
   • 6. Execution of the Project
   • 7. Analysis of Data
   • 8. Hypothesis testing
   • 9. Generalisations and Interpretation
   • 10. Preparation of the report or the thesis
   • Characteristics of research process
     • Controlled
       • Cause and effect relationships
     • Rigorous
       • Answers relevant, appropriate and justified
     • Systematic
       • Procedures with logical sequence
     • Valid and verifiable
       • Confirm the findings
     • Empirical and critical
       • Evidence of experiences- critical scrutiny

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