Research the word connotes finding an item of information or making notes and then writing a documented paper. In other situations, it refers to the act of informing oneself about what one does not know, perhaps by rummaging through available sources to retrieve a bit of information.
WHAT RESEARCH Is NOT
1. Research is not mere information gathering
2. Research is not mere transportation of facts from one location to another.
3. Research is not merely rummaging for information.
4. Research is not a catchword used to get attention.
WHAT RESEARCH Is
Research is a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information (data) in
order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon about which we are interested or concerned.
Focus on formal research, research in which we intentionally set out to enhance our understanding of a phenomenon and expect to communicate what we discover to the larger scientific community.
I. Research originates with a question or problem.
2. Research requires clear articulation of a goal.
3. Research requires a specific plan for proceeding.
4. Research usually divides the principal problem into more manageable sub problems.
5. Research is guided by the specific research problem, question, or hypothesis.
6. Research accepts certain critical assumptions.
7. Research requires the collection and interpretation of data in an attempt to resolve the
problem that initiated the research.
8. Research is, by its nature, cyclical or, more exactly, helical.
Step 1: Research begins with a problem: an unanswered question in the mind of the researcher.
Step 2: Research defines the goal in terms of a clear statement of the problem.
Step 3:Research subdivides the problem into appropriate sub problems. No examples
Step 4: Research posits tentative solutions to the problem(s) through reasonable hypotheses. These hypotheses direct the researcher to appropriate data
Step 5: Research looks for data directed by the hypotheses and guided by the problem the data are collected and organized.
Step 6: Research interprets the meaning of the data, which leads to a resolution of the problem, thus confirming or rejecting the hypotheses and/or providing an answer to the question that began the research cycle. At this point, one or more new problems may emerge.
WHAT RESEARCH Is NOT
1. Research is not mere information gathering
2. Research is not mere transportation of facts from one location to another.
3. Research is not merely rummaging for information.
4. Research is not a catchword used to get attention.
WHAT RESEARCH Is
Research is a systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information (data) in
order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon about which we are interested or concerned.
Focus on formal research, research in which we intentionally set out to enhance our understanding of a phenomenon and expect to communicate what we discover to the larger scientific community.
I. Research originates with a question or problem.
2. Research requires clear articulation of a goal.
3. Research requires a specific plan for proceeding.
4. Research usually divides the principal problem into more manageable sub problems.
5. Research is guided by the specific research problem, question, or hypothesis.
6. Research accepts certain critical assumptions.
7. Research requires the collection and interpretation of data in an attempt to resolve the
problem that initiated the research.
8. Research is, by its nature, cyclical or, more exactly, helical.
Step 1: Research begins with a problem: an unanswered question in the mind of the researcher.
Step 2: Research defines the goal in terms of a clear statement of the problem.
Step 3:Research subdivides the problem into appropriate sub problems. No examples
Step 4: Research posits tentative solutions to the problem(s) through reasonable hypotheses. These hypotheses direct the researcher to appropriate data
Step 5: Research looks for data directed by the hypotheses and guided by the problem the data are collected and organized.
Step 6: Research interprets the meaning of the data, which leads to a resolution of the problem, thus confirming or rejecting the hypotheses and/or providing an answer to the question that began the research cycle. At this point, one or more new problems may emerge.
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