Meaning of Research

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What is the meaning of research according to the Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English?

  • A careful investigation through search for new facts (correct)
  • An art of scientific investigation
  • A movement from the known to the unknown
  • A systematic search for pertinent information

How do Redman and Mory define research?

  • A systematic effort to gain new knowledge (correct)
  • An art of scientific investigation
  • A voyage of discovery
  • A movement from the known to the unknown

What does Clifford Woody describe as part of research?

  • Making deductions and reaching conclusions
  • Wondering about the unknown
  • Defining and redefining problems (correct)
  • An art of scientific investigation

Why is research considered an academic activity?

<p>Because it should be used in a technical sense (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does research involve?

<p>Collecting, organizing and evaluating data (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is research defined in common parlance?

<p>As a systematic search for pertinent information (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main aim of research?

<p>To discover hidden truths (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of research aims to determine the frequency of something occurring?

<p>Diagnostic research (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What motivates people to undertake research according to the text?

<p>Desire to get a research degree (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of research aims to test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables?

<p>Hypothesis-testing research (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes descriptive research from diagnostic research?

<p>Determining frequency of occurrences (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do some people undertake research according to the text?

<p>To solve unsolved problems (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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