12 Questions
What is the principal purpose of research?
To preserve and improve the quality of human life
What are the initiating forces behind research?
Problems, needs, and new knowledge
What does research seek exhaustively?
Verifiable truth
How can research be described?
Specific, focused, systematic, objective, and empirical
What are the specific purposes of research mentioned in the text?
Improving existing methods and techniques
Why does research aim to become certain about certain phenomena?
To identify the occurrence or existence of specific phenomena
What is the purpose of conducting research according to the text?
To provide valid generalizations into systematized science
What is a key factor for effective research as mentioned in the text?
Materials
In research, which characteristic ensures that all procedures employed and data gathered are perceived in the same manner by all observers?
Empirical
Why is it important for a researcher to have personnel assist in the research process?
To put up a good research output
What type of study requires keeping variables, except those being tested, constant?
Controlled study
Where does a researcher need to allocate a budget for expenses in the graduate level of research?
Materials and supplies
Study Notes
Definition of Research
- The word "research" is derived from the Old French word "cerchier", meaning to seek or search, and is done to seek explanations, verifiable truth, and to make discoveries.
- Research is specific, focused, systematic, objective, and empirical, aiming to find solutions to problems, address needs, and provide new knowledge and information.
Purposes of Research
- General purpose: to preserve and improve the quality of human life.
- Specific purposes:
- Discover new facts or truths about known phenomena.
- Find answers to problems that are only practically solved by other fields of discipline.
- Improve existing methods and techniques.
- Discover the dangers of abusive use of un-prescribed drugs and some poisonous substances.
- Provide educational system with order, related, valid generalizations into systematized science.
- Improve basis for correct action and decision-making in various fields.
- Satisfy the researcher's curiosity by searching for new facts.
Essential Factors for Effective Research
- MEN: researcher needs personnel to assist him in the conduct of his research.
- MONEY: expenses are required for research, including budget for research consultant, statistician, materials, and supplies, adviser's fee, encoders, research assistants, and miscellaneous expenses.
- MATERIALS: computer equipment, supplies, folders, index cards, writing materials, and other facilities, as well as availability of data and genuineness of the data.
Characteristics of a Good Research
- Research is systematic, following an orderly and sequential procedure.
- Research is controlled, keeping all variables except the tested ones constant.
- Research is empirical, with all procedures and data perceived in the same manner by all observers.
- Research is analytical, with data analyzed, presented, and interpreted.
- Research is objective, with a focus on verifiable truth and explanations.
Learn about the origin and purpose of research, including the process of seeking explanations, verifiable truth, and discoveries. Understand the characteristics of research as specific, focused, systematic, objective, and empirical.
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