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What is the capital of France?
What is the capital of France?
Paris
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
True
How is research defined by Redman and Mory?
How is research defined by Redman and Mory?
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Which of the following are objectives of research? (Select all that apply)
Which of the following are objectives of research? (Select all that apply)
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Research gathers new knowledge or data from _______ sources.
Research gathers new knowledge or data from _______ sources.
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Research is a logical and subjective investigation.
Research is a logical and subjective investigation.
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Study Notes
Meaning of Research
- Research is a search for knowledge or a scientific and systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic.
- It is an art of scientific investigation, a voyage of discovery that satisfies our inquisitiveness for the unknown.
- Research is an academic activity that involves defining and redefining problems, formulating hypotheses, collecting and evaluating data, and testing conclusions.
Definitions of Research
- The Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English defines research as “a careful investigation or inquiry, especially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge.”
- Redman and Mory define research as a “systematized effort to gain new knowledge.”
- According to Clifford Woody, research involves defining and redefining problems, formulating hypotheses, collecting and evaluating data, and testing conclusions.
- D.Slesinger and M.Stephenson define research as “the manipulation of things, concepts or symbols to generalize to extend, correct or verify knowledge.”
Objectives of Research
- The main aim of research is to discover answers to questions through the application of scientific procedures.
- Objectives of research include:
- To gain familiarity with a phenomenon or to achieve new insights into it (exploratory or formative research studies)
- To portray accurately the characteristics of a particular individual, situation, or group (descriptive research studies)
- To determine the frequency with which something occurs or with which it is associated with something else (diagnostic research studies)
- To test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables (hypothesis-testing research studies)
General Characteristics of Research
- Research gathers new knowledge or data from primary or first-hand sources.
- It emphasizes the discovery of general principles.
- Research is an exact, systematic, and accurate investigation.
- It uses certain valid data-gathering devices and is logical and objective.
- The researcher resists the temptation to seek only the data that supports his hypotheses and eliminates personal feelings and preferences.
- Research endeavors to organize data in quantitative terms and is a patient and unhurried activity.
- Research is carefully recorded and reported, and conclusions and generalizations are arrived at carefully and cautiously.
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