Research

Research

1. Meanings

   • Search of knowledge

2. Objectives

   • To find out the truth
   • To achieve insights
   • To portray characteristics
   • To discover answers
   • To test a hypothesis

3. Motivation in research

   • Get a research degree
   • Solving the unsolved problems
   • To do creative work
   • To be of service to society
   • To get respectability

4. Types

   • Descriptive vs Analytical
   • Applied vs Fundamental
   • Qualitative vs Quantitative
   • Conceptual vs Empirical

5. Approaches

   • Quantitative
     • Inferential
     • Experimental
     • Simulator

6. Significance

   • Inculcates scientific and inductive thinking
   • Promotes the development of logical habits

7. Importance of knowing how research is done

   • The researcher develops disciplined thinking
   • To use research results with confidence
   • To make intelligent decisions

8. Process

   • 1. Formulating the problem
   • 2. Extensive literature survey
   • 3. Developing the hypothesis
   • 4. Preparing the research design
   • 5. Determining sample design
     • Deliberate sampling
     • Simple random design
     • Systematic sampling
     • Stratified sampling
     • Quota sampling
     • Cluster and area sampling
     • Multistage sampling
     • Sequential sampling
   • 6. Collecting data
     • Observation
     • Personal interview
     • Telephone interview
     • Mailing of questionnaires
     • Schedules
   • 7. Execution of the project
   • 8. Analysis of data
     • Coding
     • Editing
     • Tabulation
   • 9. Hypothesis testing
   • 10. Generalisation and interpretation
   • 11. Presentation of the results
     • Preliminary pages
       • Title
       • Date
       • Aknowledgement
     • Main text of the report
       • Introduction
       • Summary of findings
       • Main report
       • Conclusion
     • End of the report
       • Bibliography
       • List of books consulted
       • Index

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